Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.
CLAUDE MONETTechniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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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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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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To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
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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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It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.
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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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While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.
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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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Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It’s wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can’t think any more.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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