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Claude Monet was a French painter known for his Impressionist style. His works are renowned for capturing the play of light and color, particularly in landscapes, with a focus on water and light effects. Monet's paintings have had a profound impact on the development of modern art.

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“No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and seem to please so very few others.”

Knows Giving Seems Trouble Painting Please Anxiety

Book:Monet at Vétheuil and on the Norman Coast, 1878-1883

Source: Monet at Vétheuil and on the Norman Coast, 1878-1883

“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.”

Knows Said Matter Done Use Choices Know How Habit Colour Said And Done

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“I've spent so long on some paintings that I no longer know what to think of them, and I am definitely getting harder to please; nothing satisfies me.”

Thinking Knows Long Painting Please Harder Frustration

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“The creditors are proving impossible to deal with and short of a sudden appearance on the scene of wealthy art patrons, we are going to be turned out of this dear little house where I led a simple life and was able to work so well. I do not know what will become of us.”

Knows Wells Littles Art Able House Simple Deals Impossible Scene Prove Dear Appearance Insecurity Wealthy Simple Life Patron Creditors

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“I know well enough in advance that you'll find my paintings perfect. I know that if they are exhibited they'll be a great success, but I couldn't be more indifferent to it since I know they are bad, I'm certain of it.”

Ifs Knows Wells Enough Certain Perfect Painting Perfection Indifferent Great Success

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“I still don't know where I am going to sleep tomorrow.”

Knows Stills Sleep Tomorrow Going To Sleep

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“I've always refused requests even from friends to employ a technique I know nothing about.”

Knows Technique Request

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“the more I live, the more I regret how little i know”

Knows Littles Regret I Regret

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“It was at home I learned the little I know. Schools always appeared to me like a prison, and never could I make up my mind to stay there, not even for four hours a day, when the sunshine was inviting, the sea smooth, and when it was joy to run about the cliffs in the free air, or to paddle in the water.”

Knows Mind Littles Home Running School Joy Water Hours Learning Four Air Sea Prison Sunshine Smooth Cliffs Inviting Unschooling

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“I know that to paint the sea really well, you need to look at it every hour of every day in the same place so that you can understand its way in that particular spot; and that is why I am working on the same motifs over and over again, four or six times even.”

Knows Way Needs Wells Looks Artist Hours Four Sea Particular Six Paint Spots Motifs

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

About the Author

Born: November 14, 1840
Died: December 5, 1926
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 169

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