I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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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
I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly . . . . If their painting doesn't improve by itself, it means that nothing can be done - and I wouldn't do anything.
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My life has been nothing but a failure.
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Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
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