No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
CLAUDE MONETNo one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
CLAUDE MONETNo one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and seem to please so very few others.
CLAUDE MONETTo see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
CLAUDE MONETOne can do something if one can see and understand it.
CLAUDE MONETTake clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It’s wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
CLAUDE MONETThe more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
CLAUDE MONETI didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
CLAUDE MONETI’m in a foul mood as I’m making stupid mistakes… This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having done about twenty sessions on it; it had to be thoroughly scraped away… what a rage I was in!
CLAUDE MONETMy eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
CLAUDE MONETI work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
CLAUDE MONETI am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
CLAUDE MONETI’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
CLAUDE MONETThe real subject of every painting is light.
CLAUDE MONETMy heart is forever in Giverny.
CLAUDE MONETI would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
CLAUDE MONETEveryone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
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