French - Artist | November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926
My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.
Claude Monet
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Try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, 'Here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow,' and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives you your own impression of the scene before you.
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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
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Eventually, my eyes were opened, and I really understood nature. I learned to love at the same time.
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No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
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It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle! She is so unfettered that one wonders whether it is possible that she again become calm.
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Finally here is a beautiful day, a superb sun like at Giverny. So I worked without stopping, for the tide at this moment is just as I need it for several motifs. This has bucked me up a bit.
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I pass my time in the open air on the beach when it is really heavy weather or when the boats go out fishing.
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Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
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I will do water - beautiful, blue water.
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