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title: "1 Know Paint Quotes By Claude Monet"
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> [I know that to paint the sea really well, you need to look at it every hour of every day in the same place so that you can understand its way in that particular spot; and that is why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/i-know-that-to-paint-the-sea-really-well-you-need-to-look-at-it-every/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

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## More by Claude Monet

> [It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/it-is-a-tragedy-that-we-live-in-a-world-where-physical-courage-is-so/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/when-i-look-at-nature-i-feel-as-if-i-ll-be-able-to-paint-it-all-note/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [My life has been nothing but a failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/my-life-has-been-nothing-but-a-failure/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/despite-my-extremely-modest-prices-dealers-and-art-lovers-are-turning/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [I didn't become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/i-didn-t-become-an-impressionist-as-long-as-i-can-remember-i-always/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/i-have-once-more-taken-up-things-that-can-t-be-done-water-with/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/all-i-did-was-to-look-at-what-the-universe-showed-me-to-let-my-brush/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/i-do-have-a-dream-a-painting-the-baths-of-la-grenouillere-for-which-i/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/while-adding-the-finishing-touches-to-a-painting-might-appear/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/what-is-it-that-s-taken-hold-of-me-for-me-to-carry-on-like-this-in/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/i-ve-said-it-before-and-can-only-repeat-that-i-owe-everything-to/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/color-is-my-day-long-obsession-joy-and-torment-to-such-an-extent/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [It would be a very bad idea... to exhibit even a small number of this new series, as the whole effect can only be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/it-would-be-a-very-bad-idea-to-exhibit-even-a-small-number-of-this/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/by-the-single-example-of-this-painter-devoted-to-his-art-with-such/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

> [It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-monet/it-would-be-asking-too-much-to-want-to-sell-only-to-connoisseurs-that/)

[Claude Monet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-monet/)

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