I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
CLAUDE MONET
It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
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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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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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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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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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I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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The more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
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Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks.
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I can only draw what I see.
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I’m never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.
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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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