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It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

Claude Monet

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Claude Monet
Age: 86 †
Born: 1840
Born: November 14
Died: 1926
Died: December 5
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When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can't think any more.
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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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 which surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat, the beauty of the air in which these objects are located, and that is nothing short of impossible.
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It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it!
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My eyes were finally opened and I understood nature. I learned at the same time to love it.
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