Best Claude Monet Words
- What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers? Beyond
- My rejection at the Salon brought an end to my hesitation [to settle in Paris] since after this failure I can no longer claim to… Alas
- I've been working so hard that I'm exhausted... I feel I won't be able to do without a few weeks' rest, so I'm going off… Able
- Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I'm exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my… All
- Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule. Bend
- I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I… Convey
- 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… Atmosphere
- It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies. Asking
- Canvases between 8 centimetres and 1 metre are priced around 25,000 francs. In the past I used to sell them from between 50 to 100… Admission
- I still don't know where I am going to sleep tomorrow. Sleep
- Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a pig who lives… Bed
- One's better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one's own. In fact it's a terrible business… Alone
- I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again. Comes Back
- I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home. Big
- Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light. Asks
- Now, more than ever, I realize just how illusory my undeserved success has been. I still hold out some hope of doing better, but age… Age
- I sometimes feel ashamed that I am devoting myself to artistic pursuits while so many of our people are suffering and dying for us. It's… Any
- Work is nearly always a torture. If I could find something else I would be much happier, because I could use this other interest as… Cannot Relax
- Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive. Art
- I've always refused requests even from friends to employ a technique I know nothing about. Always Refused
- 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. It's terrible how… Any
- I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in… Achieve
- One can do something if one can see and understand it... Funny
- One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here [in Etretat]… All
- When I work I forget all the rest. All
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