Everything changes, even stone.
CLAUDE MONETI would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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.
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I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
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The effect of sincerity is to give one’s work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.
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No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
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I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny.
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I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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It’s the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one’s done.
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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.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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Getting 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.
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I haven’t many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me.
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Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime.
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Pictures aren’t made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red…But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.
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I’m knocked out, I’ve never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I’m quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy.
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