I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
CLAUDE MONETI’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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I’m not performing miracles, I’m using up and wasting a lot of paint.
CLAUDE MONETI’m not performing miracles, I’m using up and wasting a lot of paint.
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I’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
CLAUDE MONETI’m in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
CLAUDE MONETThe light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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The real subject of every painting is light.
CLAUDE MONETThe real subject of every painting is light.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
CLAUDE MONETIt’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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Perhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.
CLAUDE MONETPerhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.
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I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
CLAUDE MONETI would like to paint the way a bird sings.
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The point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all’s said and done, a matter of habit.
CLAUDE MONETThe point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all’s said and done, a matter of habit.
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If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
CLAUDE MONETIf the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
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No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and seem to please so very few others.
CLAUDE MONETNo one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and seem to please so very few others.
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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
CLAUDE MONETIt is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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I’ve been working so hard that I’m exhausted… I feel I won’t be able to do without a few weeks’ rest, so I’m going off to see the sea.
CLAUDE MONETI’ve been working so hard that I’m exhausted… I feel I won’t be able to do without a few weeks’ rest, so I’m going off to see the sea.
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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.
CLAUDE MONETWhen 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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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
CLAUDE MONETFor me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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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.
CLAUDE MONETDespite 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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