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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.

Claude Monet

Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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Flower Interest Myself Paint World
Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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Garden Goodness Myself Paint
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
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Art Discussion Love Myself Pretend Understand
My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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Beautiful Garden Masterpiece Myself
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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Greatness Impression Paint Question Simplicity Thinking
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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Advice Afraid Artist Myself Paint Young
I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.
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Despair God Mistake Myself Sensation
Lots 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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Bad Mindset Myself People Reality
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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Art Deal Depression Interest Love Market Modesty Myself Price Value
Thanks to my work everything’s going well; it’s a great consolation.
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Greatness Myself Thankful
All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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Enchanting Myself Reveal
I sometimes feel ashamed that I am devoting myself to artistic pursuits while so many of our people are suffering and dying for us. It’s true that fretting never did any good.
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Devotion Goodness Shame Suffering True
When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
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Darkness Death Myself Thinking
I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.
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Appreciation Goodness Happiness Myself Praise Time
My heart is forever in Giverny.
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Heart Myself
I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.
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Finish Myself Terrible

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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