Claude Monet Quotes

The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else. - Claude Monet

People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love. - Claude Monet

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

My life has been nothing but a failure. - 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! - Claude Monet

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. - Claude Monet

I am following Nature without being able to grasp her...I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. - Claude Monet

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. - Claude Monet

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

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