All Claude Monet Quotes
- I'm very happy, very delighted. I'm setting to like a fighting cockerel, for I'm surrounded here by all that I love. All
- I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather. Always Wanting
- I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be… All
- A good impression is lost so quickly... Good
- The creditors are proving impossible to deal with and short of a sudden appearance on the scene of wealthy art patrons, we are going to… Able
- Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John… All
- What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can only interest himself… Any
- When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can't think any more. Any
- I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting. Gardening
- It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done. Alone
- I intend to do a large painting of the cliff at Etretat, although it is terribly bold of me to do so after Courbet has… Admirably
- 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 be… Attribute
- Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work... too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public… Better
- I'm in a foul mood as I'm making stupid mistakes... This morning I lost beyond repair a painting with which I had been happy, having… Been
- I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair. Despair
- I'm going to get down to a still life on a size 50 canvas of rayfish and dogfish with old fishermen's baskets. Then I'm going… Baskets
- 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 as… Able
- My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it. Eye
- If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain. Brings
- Nature won't be summoned to order and won't be kept waiting. It must be caught, well caught. Caught
- I think only of my painting, and if I were to drop it, I think I'd go crazy. Crazy
- These landscapes of water and reflections have become an obsession. It's quite beyond my powers at my age, and yet I want to succeed in… Age
- I'm enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a peaceful corner of… All
- I know well enough in advance that you'll find my paintings perfect. I know that if they are exhibited they'll be a great success, but… Advance
- I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and… Appreciate