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The point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all's said and done, a matter of habit.

Claude Monet

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Claude Monet
Age: 86 †
Born: 1840
Born: November 14
Died: 1926
Died: December 5
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I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
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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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