No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I've spent so long on some paintings that I no longer know what to think of them, and I am definitely getting… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel ashamed that I am devoting myself to artistic pursuits while so many of our people are suffering and dying… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I'm never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I've done what I could as a painter and that seems to me to be sufficient. I don't want to be compared… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
My aim is to give you only the things with which I am completely satisfied, even if it means asking you a… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Canvases between 8 centimetres and 1 metre are priced around 25,000 francs. In the past I used to sell them from between… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I do have a dream, a tableau of the bathing place of La Grenouillère, for which I've done some bad pochades (sketches),… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I know that to paint the sea really well, you need to look at it every hour of every day in the… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I have never had a studio, and I do not understand shutting oneself up in a room. To draw, yes; to paint,… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
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… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I didn't become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I have once more taken up things that can't be done: water with grasses weaving on the bottom. But I'm always tackling that sort… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I do have a dream, a painting, the baths of La Grenouillere for which I've done a few bad rough sketches, but it is… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose... — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers? — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I've said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
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… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
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