Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shadows. — 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 of day most propitious for me, as long as my paint tubes and brushes are not mixed up...… — 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
It would be a very bad idea... to exhibit even a small number of this new series, as the whole effect can only be… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
