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All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
Claude Monet
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Claude Monet
Age: 86 †
Born: 1840
Born: November 14
Died: 1926
Died: December 5
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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 cope... alas, that fatal rejection has virtually taken the bread out of my mouth.
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All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.
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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] will at least have the merit of being unlike anyone else, at least I believe so, because it will simply be the expression of what I, and only I, have felt.
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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.
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I insist upon 'doing it alone'... I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions.
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If the world really looks like that I will paint no more!
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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 which should be discarded.
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For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
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Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
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You might perhaps like to see the few canvases I was able to save from the bailiffs and the rest, since I thought you might be so good as to help me a little, as I am in quite a desperate state, and the worst is that I can no longer even work.
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Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.
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I'm working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.
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Techniques vary, art stays the same it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.
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I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
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When I work I forget all the rest.
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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 to see the sea.
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I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.
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I would love to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but I cannot find them the way I want them.
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