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Claude Monet Quotes

Thanks to my work everything’s going well; it’s a great consolation Picture Quote #1

A good impression is lost so quickly Picture Quote #1

I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting Picture Quote #1

Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule Picture Quote #1

I still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow Picture Quote #1

One can do something if one can see and understand it Picture Quote #1

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When I work I forget all the rest Picture Quote #1

I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers Picture Quote #1

I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather Picture Quote #1

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. To such an extent indeed that one day, finding myself at the deathbed of a woman who had been and still was very dear to me, I caught myself in the act of focusing on her temples and automatically analyzing the succession of appropriately graded colors which death was imposing on her motionless face Picture Quote #1

For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value Picture Quote #1

I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny Picture Quote #1

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The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water Picture Quote #1

As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period Picture Quote #1

One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice Picture Quote #1

I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still Picture Quote #1

I’m not lacking for enthusiasm as you can see, given that I have something like 65 canvases covered with paint and I’ll be needing more since the place is quite out of the ordinary; so I’m going to order some more canvases Picture Quote #1

Critic asks: ‘And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?’ - ‘The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light Picture Quote #1

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I insist upon ‘doing it alone’... I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions Picture Quote #1

I’m quite content: although what I’m doing is far from being as I should like, I am complemented often enough all the same Picture Quote #1

I’ve only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance Picture Quote #1

I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again Picture Quote #1

Without the fog, London would not be a beautiful city. It is fog that gives it its magnificent amplitude...its regular and massive blocks become grandiose in that mysterious mantle Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather Picture Quote #1

One’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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of blue and pink: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Think of me getting up before 6, I’m at work by 7 and I continue until 6.30 in the evening, standing up all the time, nine canvases. It’s murderous Picture Quote #1

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Thanks to my work everything’s going well; it’s a great consolation (Claude Monet Quotes) A good impression is lost so quickly (Claude Monet Quotes) I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting (Claude Monet Quotes) Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule (Claude Monet Quotes) I still don’t know where I am going to sleep tomorrow (Claude Monet Quotes) One can do something if one can see and understand it (Claude Monet Quotes) When I work I forget all the rest (Claude Monet Quotes) I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers (Claude Monet Quotes) I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather (Claude Monet Quotes) Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. To such an extent indeed that one day, finding myself at the deathbed of a woman who had been and still was very dear to me, I caught myself in the act of focusing on her temples and automatically analyzing the succession of appropriately graded colors which death was imposing on her motionless face (Claude Monet Quotes) For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value (Claude Monet Quotes) I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever in Giverny (Claude Monet Quotes) The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water (Claude Monet Quotes) As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period (Claude Monet Quotes) One day Boudin said to me, ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice (Claude Monet Quotes) I’m working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still (Claude Monet Quotes) I’m not lacking for enthusiasm as you can see, given that I have something like 65 canvases covered with paint and I’ll be needing more since the place is quite out of the ordinary; so I’m going to order some more canvases (Claude Monet Quotes) Critic asks: ‘And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?’ - ‘The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light (Claude Monet Quotes) I insist upon ‘doing it alone’... I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions (Claude Monet Quotes) I’m quite content: although what I’m doing is far from being as I should like, I am complemented often enough all the same... (Claude Monet Quotes) I’ve only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance. (Claude Monet Quotes) I’m continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again. (Claude Monet Quotes) Without the fog, London would not be a beautiful city. It is fog that gives it its magnificent amplitude...its regular and massive blocks become grandiose in that mysterious mantle. (Claude Monet Quotes) 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. (Claude Monet Quotes) I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather. (Claude Monet Quotes) One’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 Monet Quotes) 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. (Claude Monet Quotes) Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of blue and pink: it’s enchanting, it’s delicious. (Claude Monet Quotes) 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. (Claude Monet Quotes) Think of me getting up before 6, I’m at work by 7 and I continue until 6.30 in the evening, standing up all the time, nine canvases. It’s murderous... (Claude Monet Quotes)

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