I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Ninety per cent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in . . . Ruskin's Elements. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I intend to do a large painting of the cliff at Etretat, although it is terribly bold of me to do so… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I'm in a foul mood as I'm making stupid mistakes... This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I know well enough in advance that you'll find my paintings perfect. I know that if they are exhibited they'll be a… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I'm not lacking for enthusiasm as you can see, given that I have something like 65 canvases covered with paint and I'll… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings… — 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
Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers. — 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
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
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
