My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
CLAUDE MONETAs for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
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Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
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Without the fog, London would not be a beautiful city. It is fog that gives it its magnificent amplitude its regular and massive blocks become grandiose in that mysterious mantle.
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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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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
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I’m knocked out, I’ve never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I’m quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy.
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While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
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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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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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Everything changes, even stone.
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.
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