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.
CLAUDE MONETI 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.
CLAUDE MONETThe real subject of every painting is light.
CLAUDE MONETAll of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
CLAUDE MONETI didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
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.
CLAUDE MONETApart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
CLAUDE MONETIt’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
CLAUDE MONETI perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
CLAUDE MONETTo see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
CLAUDE MONETThe light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
CLAUDE MONETGetting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I’m exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I’ve set out to do.
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.
CLAUDE MONETI am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
CLAUDE MONETOne’s better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one’s own. In fact it’s a terrible business and the task is a hard one.
CLAUDE MONETEvery day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
CLAUDE MONETNature won’t be summoned to order and won’t be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught.
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