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Famous Claude Monet Quotes
“The essence of the motif is the mirror of water, whose appearance alters at every moment.”
“I had so much fire in me and so many plans.”
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.”
“I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.”
“It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.”
“I say that whoever claims to have finished a canvas is terribly arrogant.”
“Thanks to my work everything's going well; it's a great consolation.”
“A good impression is lost so quickly.”
“When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can't think any more.”
“I am good at only two things, and those are gardening and painting.”
“It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done.”