I’ve said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.
CLAUDE MONETI 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.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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I still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.
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What I need most of all is color, always, always.
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Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
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If only the weather would improve, there’d be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.
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The real subject of every painting is light.
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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.
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A good impression is lost so quickly.
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I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
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Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep.
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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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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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