I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics. Claude Monet More Quotes by Claude Monet More Quotes From Claude Monet Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive. Claude Monet sensitive technique art When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can't think any more. Claude Monet light dark thinking One day Boudin said to me, 'Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.' I took his advice. Claude Monet light sea blue 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 bed stupid long I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me. Claude Monet painting achieve years The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects. Claude Monet fugitive merit impression Ninety per cent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in . . . Ruskin's Elements. Claude Monet ninety painting elements the more I live, the more I regret how little i know Claude Monet i-regret regret littles Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers. Claude Monet flower world art All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was. Claude Monet ponds enchanting revelations When I work I forget all the rest. Claude Monet forget I haven't yet managed to capture the colour of this landscape; there are moments when I'm appalled at the colours I'm having to use, I'm afraid what I'm doing is just dreadful and yet I really am understating it; the light is simply terrifying. Claude Monet landscape light use I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain. Claude Monet settling brain ideas 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 taken believe Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime. Claude Monet paint enough lifetime I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found - the beauty of the air around them, and that is nothing less than the impossible. Claude Monet bridges air house 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 chocolate garden blue No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. Claude Monet method painting art 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 dying suffering people 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 done criticism past
