All Claude Monet Quotes
- It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare. Common
- My heart is forever in Giverny. Forever
- No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet. Great
- Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly. Fast
- As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic… Critic
- Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime. Inspirational
- I didn't become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one. Been
- I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and that's the end. They are finished. I want to paint the… Air
- I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly. Advise
- Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things. Discovered
- Everything changes, even stone. Change
- One day I am satisfied, the next day I find it all bad; still I hope that some day I will find some of them… All
- Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest… Art
- To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at. Forget
- Light is the most important person in the picture. Important
- All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it. All
- 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 who… Act
- My life has been nothing but a failure. Been
- One day Boudin said to me, 'Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.' I took his advice. Advice
- I'm getting so slow at my work it makes me despair, but... I'm increasingly obsessed by the need to render what I experience, and I'm… Despair
- No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and… Anxiety
- Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one… Application
- I had so much fire in me and so many plans... Burning
- For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment. Any
- The point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all's said and done, a matter of habit. All