It was at home I learned the little I know. Schools always appeared to me like a prison, and never could I make up my mind to stay there, not even for four hours a day, when the sunshine was inviting, the sea smooth, and when it was joy to run about the cliffs in the free air, or to paddle in the water.

Claude Monet

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For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.

stars change life

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and... by Claude Monet

The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.

atmosphere garden light

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at. by Claude Monet

To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.

names forget

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

mental-health life art

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my b... by Claude Monet

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

brushes bears looks

When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, house, a field....Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives your own naive impression of the scene before you.

squares art thinking

I must have flowers, always, and always. by Claude Monet

I must have flowers, always, and always.

flower-garden flower

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.

blue heaven thinking

I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and that's the end. They are finished. I want to paint the air which surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat, the beauty of the air in which these objects are located, and that is nothing short of impossible.

artist bridges air

Light is the most important person in the picture. by Claude Monet

Light is the most important person in the picture.

immortal-life important light

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

artist reflection way

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

painting artist long

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

mad desire beautiful

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

moral tragedy world

I would like to paint the way a bird sings. by Claude Monet

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

bird way art

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

painting light matter

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. by Claude Monet

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.

color motivational art

Everything changes, even stone. by Claude Monet

Everything changes, even stone.

things-change change stones

Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things. by Claude Monet

Listening only to my instincts, I discovered superb things.

instinct inspiration listening

It is better to have done something than to have been someone. by Claude Monet

It is better to have done something than to have been someone.

has-beens done motivational