When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can't think any more. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
One day Boudin said to me, 'Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.' I took his… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I haven't yet managed to capture the colour of this landscape; there are moments when I'm appalled at the colours I'm having… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I have made tremendous efforts to work in a darker register and express the sinister and tragic quality of the place, given… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
You'll understand, I'm sure that I'm chasing the merest sliver of color. It's my own fault. I want to grasp the intangible.… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
The older I become the more I realize of that I have to work very hard to reproduce what I search: the… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times… — 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
