I haven't yet managed to capture the colour of this landscape; there are moments when I'm appalled at the colours I'm having to use, I'm afraid what I'm doing is just dreadful and yet I really am understating it; the light is simply terrifying.
Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and a… - Claude Monet
Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and a…
- Claude Monet
Light is the most important person in the picture. - Claude Monet
Light is the most important person in the picture.
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute. - Claude Monet
The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.
All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it. - Claude Monet
All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.
It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. - Claude Monet
It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life -… - Claude Monet
For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life -…
I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again. - Claude Monet
I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.
I must have flowers, always, and always. - Claude Monet
I must have flowers, always, and always.
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. - Claude Monet
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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