For almost two months now I've been struggling away with no result. Claude Monet More Quotes by Claude Monet More Quotes From Claude Monet 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 donecriticismpast Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep. Claude Monet colorworrysleep I can only draw what I see. Claude Monet drawsi-can 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. Claude Monet instinctsingersthinking My life has been nothing but a failure. Claude Monet has-beensfailure If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain. Claude Monet ifsrainweather 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 paintingdeterminationabsence Manet wanted one day to paint my wife and children. Renoir was there. He took a canvas and began painting them, too. After a while, Manet took me aside and whispered, 'You're on very good terms with Renoir and take an interest in his future - do advise him to give up painting! You can see for yourself that it's not his metier at all. Claude Monet giving-upwifechildren I still don't know where I am going to sleep tomorrow. Claude Monet stillstomorrowsleep The older I become the more I realize of that I have to work very hard to reproduce what I search: the instantaneous. The influence of the atmosphere on the things and the light scattered throughout. Claude Monet atmosphererealizinglight 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 good-mandespairmistake By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me. Claude Monet independencedestinyart I can no longer work outside because of the intensity of the light. Claude Monet intensitywork-outlight Work is nearly always a torture. If I could find something else I would be much happier, because I could use this other interest as a form of relaxation. Now I cannot relax. Claude Monet sufferingwould-berelaxation I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home. Claude Monet bigsstudyhome Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly. Claude Monet paintpeoplethinking 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 responsibilitymorningthinking It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done. Claude Monet hardestlonelinessdone I am pleased with the exhibition... everything on display was sold for a good price to decent people. It has been a long time since I believed that you could educate public taste. Claude Monet exhibitionslongpeople My garden is a slow work, pursued with love and I do not deny that I am proud of it. Forty years ago, when I established myself here, there was nothing but a farmhouse and a poor orchard...I bought the house and little by little I enlarged and organized it...I dug, planted weeded, myself; in the evenings the children watered. Claude Monet gardenchildrenyears
