It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Eventually, my eyes were opened, and I really understood nature. I learned to love at the same time. — 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 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'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
I pass my time in the open air on the beach when it is really heavy weather or when the boats go… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I work at my garden all the time and with love. What I need most are flowers, always. My heart is forever… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
It is difficult to stop in time because one gets carried away. But I have that strength; it is the only strength… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a… — 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
For a long time, I have hoped for better days, but alas, today it is necessary for me to lose all hope.… — 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
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
Etretat is becoming more and more amazing. Now is the real moment: the beach with all its fine boats; it is superb,… — 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
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