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- My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her…
- What could be said about me...a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well.
- The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive…
- The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks…
- Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.
- My aim is to give you only the things with which I am completely satisfied, even if it means asking you a little more [time]…
- I'm knocked out, I've never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I'm quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy...
- It would be a very bad idea... to exhibit even a small number of this new series, as the whole effect can only be achieved…
- It is difficult to stop in time because one gets carried away. But I have that strength; it is the only strength I have.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.
- 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…
- If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.
- I think only of my painting, and if I were to drop it, I think I'd go crazy.
- 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…
- It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies.
- 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]…
- I can only draw what I see.
- For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to…
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