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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.

Claude Monet

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
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Brush Myself See Sight Universe
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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Finding Myself Observation Reflection Strength Way
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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Believe Change End Impossible Slave Weather Work
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
I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
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Garden Goodness Myself Paint
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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Flower Myself Paint
I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
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Deep Depression Disgust Paint Tortue
One can do something if one can see and understand it.
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Myself See Sight Understand
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
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
Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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Garden Goodness Myself Paint
Perhaps it’s true that I’m very hard on myself, but that’s better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.
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Better Hard Myself Public Satisfaction Trouble True
My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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Beautiful Garden Masterpiece Myself
I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
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Criticism Myself Opinion
I’m in a foul mood as I’m making stupid mistakes… This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having done about twenty sessions on it; it had to be thoroughly scraped away… what a rage I was in!
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Decision Happiness Myself Rage Session Stupidity

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