I'm in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint. Claude Monet More Quotes by Claude Monet More Quotes From Claude Monet Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep. Claude Monet color worry sleep I can only draw what I see. Claude Monet draws i-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 instinct singers thinking My life has been nothing but a failure. Claude Monet has-beens failure If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain. Claude Monet ifs rain weather 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 painting determination absence 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-up wife children I still don't know where I am going to sleep tomorrow. Claude Monet stills tomorrow sleep 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 atmosphere realizing light 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-man despair mistake 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 independence destiny art I can no longer work outside because of the intensity of the light. Claude Monet intensity work-out light 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 suffering would-be relaxation I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home. Claude Monet bigs study home Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly. Claude Monet paint people thinking 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 responsibility morning thinking It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done. Claude Monet hardest loneliness done 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 exhibitions long people 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 garden children years The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water. Claude Monet reflection beautiful water
