Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
CLAUDE MONETColors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
CLAUDE MONETI am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
CLAUDE MONETIf only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
CLAUDE MONETI didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
CLAUDE MONETI must have flowers, always, and always.
CLAUDE MONETI’m enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.
CLAUDE MONETNo one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
CLAUDE MONETLight is the most important person in the picture.
CLAUDE MONETWhat I need most of all is color, always, always.
CLAUDE MONETThe real subject of every painting is light.
CLAUDE MONETI will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
CLAUDE MONETI never draw except with brush and paint.
CLAUDE MONETIt is better to have done something than to have been someone.
CLAUDE MONETAll of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
CLAUDE MONETThe light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
CLAUDE MONETLots of people will protest that it’s quite unreal and that I’m out of my mind, but that’s just too bad.
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