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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 in one thing. But I can't do any thing else. I have only one interest.
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 quite content: although what I'm doing is far from being as I should like, I am complemented often enough all the same.
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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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