Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
CLAUDE MONETOne can do something if one can see and understand it.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I’ve only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.
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I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
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I didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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I’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
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Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.
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Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a pig who lives beneath my room.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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I’m enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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If only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I totally forget the most elementary rules of painting, if they exist that is.
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I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.
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