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Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Claude Monet

Pictures aren’t made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red…But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.
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Appearance Chocolate Doctrine Official Photograph
I haven’t many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me.
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Achievement Devotion Myself Paint Possible Satisfaction Time
When I work I forget all the rest.
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Forget Myself Paint Understand Work
I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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Brain Group Ideas Myself Wait
Light is the most important person in the picture.
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Important Light Person Photograph
I still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
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Future Myself Sleep
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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Flower Myself Paint
Everyone 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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Art Discussion Love Myself Pretend Understand
I never draw except with brush and paint.
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Artist Brush Draw Exception Myself Paint
I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
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Advice Afraid Artist Myself Paint Young
The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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Achievement Inspirational Myself Nature Rich Source
Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of pink and blue: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious, and I hope it will please you.
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Bold Delicious Enchanting Feeling Hope Nature Yourself
The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.
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Direct Effect Impression Nature Paint
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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Atmosphere Beautiful Change Light Time
It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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Alone Hard Oneself Satisfaction
I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
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Garden Goodness Myself Paint

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