One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice.
CLAUDE MONETThe richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
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I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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One’s better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one’s own. In fact it’s a terrible business and the task is a hard one.
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When I look at nature I feel as if I’ll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you’re working.
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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 don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
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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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Everything changes, even stone.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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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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For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.
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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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Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
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I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
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Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
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