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• I sometimes feel ashamed that I am devoting myself to artistic pursuits while so many of our people are suffering and dying for us. It's true that fretting never did any good.

  Claude Monet

  People, Suffering, Dying

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• I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.

  Claude Monet

  Opinion, Despise, Critics

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• I never draw except with brush and paint.

  Claude Monet

  Drawing, Paint, Brushes

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• 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.

  Claude Monet

  Art, Simple, House

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.

  Claude Monet

  Rain, Weather, Ifs

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair.

  Claude Monet

  Mistake, Good Man, Despair

  Claude Monet (1999). “Monet by himself: paintings, drawings, pastels, letters”

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• I'm knocked out, I've never felt so physically and mentally exhausted, I'm quite stupid with it and long only for bed; but I am happy.

  Claude Monet

  Stupid, Long, Bed

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• I'm working hard with more determination than ever. My success at the Salon led to my selling several paintings and since your absence I have made 800 francs; I hope, when I have contracts with more dealers, it will be better still.

  Claude Monet

  Determination, Painting, Absence

  Claude Monet (1999). “Monet by himself: paintings, drawings, pastels, letters”

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• Pictures aren't made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red...But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.

  Claude Monet

  Garden, Blue, Chocolate

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• I'm getting so slow at my work it makes me despair, but... I'm increasingly obsessed by the need to render what I experience, and I'm praying that I'll have a few more good years left to me.

  Claude Monet

  Years, Despair, Needs

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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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.

  Claude Monet

  Past, Criticism, Done

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• It's enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.

  Claude Monet

  Crazy, Weather, Atmosphere

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• I've only myself to blame for it, my impotence most of all and my weakness. If I do any good work now it will be only by chance.

  Claude Monet

  Weakness, Chance, Blame

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• While adding the finishing touches to a painting might appear insignificant, it is much harder to do than one might suppose.

  Claude Monet

  Finishing, Might, Painting

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• I've said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.

  Claude Monet

  Study, Masters, Attributes

  Claude Monet (2005). “Monet”, Rizzoli International Publications

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• One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here [in Etretat] will at least have the merit of being unlike anyone else, at least I believe so, because it will simply be the expression of what I, and only I, have felt.

  Claude Monet

  Strong, Believe, Taken

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of interest shown in an art object which has no market value.

  Claude Monet

  Depressing, Art, Lovers

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I'm exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I've set out to do.

  Claude Monet

  Morning, Responsibility, Thinking

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• 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.

  Claude Monet

  Sleep, Pigs, Devil

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• I'm very happy, very delighted. I'm setting to like a fighting cockerel, for I'm surrounded here by all that I love.

  Claude Monet

  Fighting, Very Happy, Settings

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• I insist upon 'doing it alone'... I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions.

  Claude Monet

  Impression, My Own

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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

  Claude Monet

  Home, Study, Bigs

  Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

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• What could be said about me...a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well.

  Claude Monet

  Flower, Men, Garden

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• I would love to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but I cannot find them the way I want them.

  Claude Monet

  Orange, Blue, Sea

  John House, Claude Monet (1986). “Monet: Nature Into Art”

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• I've been working so hard that I'm exhausted... I feel I won't be able to do without a few weeks' rest, so I'm going off to see the sea.

  Claude Monet

  Sea, Relaxation, Able

  Claude Monet (1999). “Monet by himself: paintings, drawings, pastels, letters”

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