Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
CLAUDE MONETEveryone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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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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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
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Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I’m exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I’ve set out to do.
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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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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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I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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I still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
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