I’m enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.
CLAUDE MONET
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.
More Claude Monet Quotes
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I’m enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of the countryside like this.
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I must have flowers, always, and always.
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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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Thanks to my work everything’s going well; it’s a great consolation.
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I’ve done what I could as a painter and that seems to me to be sufficient. I don’t want to be compared to the great masters of the past, and my painting is open to criticism; that’s enough.
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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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I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
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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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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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I never draw except with brush and paint.
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Apart from painting and gardening, I’m not good at anything.
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The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
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My life has been nothing but a failure.
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My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece
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