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.
CLAUDE MONETDespite 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.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.
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All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
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I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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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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It is only too easy to catch people’s attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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It’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.
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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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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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