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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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“Impression — I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it … and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape.”

Art Painting Impression Painter French Impressionism

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“By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me.”

Art Destiny Example Independence Painter Devoted My Destiny

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“Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John Singer] Sargent thinks.”

Thinking Direct Instinct Singers Painter Sensations Impressionism Impressionists

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“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.”

Long Art Motivational Joy Color Painting Obsession Painter Colour Torment Deathbed Crayon Bright Colors

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“I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

Art Able Artist Nature Flower Following Painter Stewardship

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“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

Art Nature Flower Garden Painter Sunshine Gardening Mother Nature Natural Environment Blossoming Wildflowers Flower Garden Flowers And Gardens Flower Blossom

Book:Monet at Giverny

Source: Monet at Giverny

“Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

Youth Flower Garden Unhappy Painter Gardening Flower Garden

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“I've done what I could as a painter and that seems to me to be sufficient. I don't want to be compared to the great masters of the past, and my painting is open to criticism; that's enough.”

Want Done Enough Seems Past Painting Masters Criticism Critics Painter Sufficient

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

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

“The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.”

Giving Character Effects Concerned Impression Painter Protest Sincerity Conveying

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“No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet.”

Poet Painter Great Poet

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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