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Quote by Claude Monet

“Never, even as a child, would I bend to a rule.”

Quote by Claude Monet

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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. more

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“I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I totally forget the most elementary rules of painting, if they exist that is.”

Ifs Feels I Can Order Forget Painting Succeed Conveying Order To Succeed

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

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

“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 atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shadows.”

Thinking Heaven Objects Ought Shadow Tests Blue Paint Atmosphere Isolated Sunlight Tubes Domes

Book:Monet: a retrospective

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“It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies.”

Way Want Would Be Lying Too Much Asking Sells Selling Starvation Connoisseur Asking Too Much

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

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

“Canvases between 8 centimetres and 1 metre are priced around 25,000 francs. In the past I used to sell them from between 50 to 100 francs at the most. I have to say... that I feel somewhat embarrassed at this admission.”

Feels Past Used Sells Selling Embarrassed Admission

Author:Claude Monet

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

Knows Stills Sleep Tomorrow Going To Sleep

Author:Claude Monet

“Despite my exhaustion I have a devil of a time getting to sleep because of the rats above my bed and a pig who lives beneath my room.”

Sleep Rooms Bed Devil Despite Pigs Rats Exhaustion

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

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

“One's better off alone, and yet there are so many things that are impossible to fathom on one's own. In fact it's a terrible business and the task is a hard one.”

Hard Facts Impossible Terrible Solitude Tasks Better Off Fathom Better Off Alone

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

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“I'm continuing to work hard, not without periods of discouragement, but my strength comes back again.”

Hard Strength Hard Work Periods Continuing Discouragement Back Again

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

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

“I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.”

I Can Home Bigs Study Big Things

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

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

“Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light.”

Matter Light Asks Subjects Painting Fellows Critics Dear Subject Matter

Author:Claude Monet