The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.
CLAUDE MONET
I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.
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The more I live, the more I regret how little i know.
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I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I totally forget the most elementary rules of painting, if they exist that is.
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Pictures aren’t made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red…But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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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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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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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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I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.
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I’ve done what I could as a painter and that seems to me to be sufficient. I don’t want to be compared to the great masters of the past, and my painting is open to criticism; that’s enough.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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My heart is forever in Giverny.
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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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Light is the most important person in the picture.
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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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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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