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Claude Monet

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“I am surrounded by a small group of young s who will be very happy get to know you. Besides, they are real painters... I find myself very well fixed here. I am drawing figures at hard. And at the Academy, there are only landscapists. They begin to perceive that it's a good thing.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1859 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Monet, 1859 in a letter to his mentor ; as cited in: (1961) The History of Impressionism - Volume 1. p. 48
“Among Troyon's paintings there are two huge ones; Return to the Farm is marvelous with its beautiful stormy sky. There is much windy motion in the clouds, and the cows and dogs are very good. In Going to the Market you see the mist at sunrise. It's superb and, most of all, very luminous. The wide space in View from Surennes is amazing. You feel you are really in the countryside.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1859 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1859 letter to , June 3, 1859; as cited in Rodolphe Rapetti (1990) Monet, p. 11
“'..learn to draw: that's where most of you [Troyon's pupils] are falling down today.. ..draw with all your might; you can never learn too much. However, don’t neglect painting, go to the country from time to time and make studies and above all develop them..' [Monet is quoting in his letter Troyon, a friend of Boudin in Paris]”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1859 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to , 1859; as quoted in Discovering Art, – The life time and work of the World's greatest Artists, MONET; K.E. Sullivan, Brockhamptonpress, London 2004, p. 11
“By way of news, I can tell you that Couture, that bad-tempered fellow, has completely given up painting. It's no great pity; in this exhibition, he had some really bad paintings.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to , February 10, 1860: As cited in: Angelika Taschen (1999) Monet, p. 24
“It is beautiful here [in , Normandy], my friend; every day I discover even more beautiful things. It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all - my head is bursting.. ..I want to fight, scratch it off, start again, because I start to see and understand. I seems to me as if I can see nature and I can catch it all.. ..it is by observation and reflection that I discover how. That is what we are working on, continuously..”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Monet, 1864 in a letter to his friend Frédéric Bazille; as cited in Monet's landschappen Vivian Rusell; Icob, Alphen aan de Rijn, The Netherlands 2010, p. 12
“It seems to me, when I see nature, that I see it ready made, completely written — but then, try to do it! All this proves that one must think of nothing but them [impressions]; it is by dint of observation and reflection that one makes discoveries.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2 quotes in Monet's letter to from , July 15, 1864; as cited in Mary M. Gedo (2013) Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Art. p. 114-15 / p. 60
“There at the moment in .. .Boudin and Jongkind are here; we get on marvelously. There's lots to be learned and nature begins to grow beautiful.. .I shall tell you I'm sending a flower picture to the exhibition at Rouen; there are very beautiful flowers at present.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to ; as cited in: Edward B. Henning, Cleveland Museum of Art. Creativity in art and science, 1860-1960. (1987), p. 95
“One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do here 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. The further I get, the more I regret how little I know, that's what hinders me the most.. .I don't think I will spend much time in Paris now, a month at the very most, each year.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to Frédéric Bazille; as quoted in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 31.
“In Paris one is too preoccupied by what one sees and what one hears, however strong one is; what I am doing here has, I think, the merit of not resembling anyone, because it is simply the expression of what I myself have experienced.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1868 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to from Etretat, December 1868; as cited in: Mary Tompkins Lewis (2007) Critical Readings in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. p. 83
“I'm very happy, very delighted.. ..for I am surrounded here by all that I love. I spent my time out of doors.. ..and naturally I'm working all the time, and I think this year I'm going to do some serious things. And then in the evening, dear fellow, I come home to my little cottage to find a good fire and a dear little family.. .Dear friend, it's a delight to watch this person [his first son Jean, born in 1867] grow, and I am glad to have him to be sure...”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to : as cited by K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 22
“[Chopping wood] is harder than you think, and I'll bet that you would not split much wood.. .All the same, I have probably not reached the end of my troubles. Here is winter at hand, a season not very pleasant for the wretched. Then comes the Salon. Alas! I still won't be in it, for I shall have done nothing. I have a dream a picture of the bathing spot at the Grenouillere, for which I've made a few poor sketches, but it is a dream. Renoir, who has just spent two months here, also wants to do this painting.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote in a letter to Frédéric Bazille, September 25, 1869; as cited in: Bonafoux (1986, 72), cited in Michael P. Farrell (2003) Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work. p. 42
“is particularly remarkable and there is enough here to paint for a life-time.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of 1871, in Monet's letter to Camille Pissarro, 2 June 1871; as cited in Van Gogh Museum Journal 2001 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 2001. p. 140
“There are the most amusing things everywhere [in The Netherlands]. Houses of every colour, hundreds of windmills and enchanting boats, extremely friendly Dutchmen who almost all speak French... .I have not had time to visit the museums, I wish to work first of all and I'll treat myself to that later.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to Camille Pissarro, 17 June 1871; first part cited in: Van Gogh Museum Journal 2001 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 2001. p. 140; second part cited in: Ann Dumas, ‎Denver Art Museum, ‎High Museum of Art (2007), …
“A group of painters assembled in my home, read with pleasure the article you published in 'L'Avenir national'. We are all very pleased to see you defend ideas which are also ours, and we hope that, as you say, 'L'Avenir national' will kindly lend us its support when the Society we are in the process of forming is finally established.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1873 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a Letter to , May 1873; as quoted by Sue Roe, The private live of the Impressionists, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2006, p. 120
“I've got it.. .the Saint Lazare[train-station in Paris, then. I'll show it just as the trains are starting, with smoke from the engines so thick you can hardly see a thing. It's a fascinating sight, a real dream. I'll get them [the station office] to delay the train for Rouen for half an hour. The light will be better then.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1877 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Monet's remark to Renoir (who responded: 'you are mad!') in January 1877; as quoted in The private live of the Impressionists, Sue Roe; Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2006, p. 173
“[looking at the dead body of his first wife Camille, 5 Sept 1879], watching her tragic forehead, almost mechanically observing the colors which death was imposing on her rigid face. Blue. Blue, yellows, grey, what do I know?.. .How natural to to want to reproduce the last image of her, who was leaving us for ever.But even before the idea came to me to record her beloved features, something in me automatically responded tot the shocks of colours. I just seem to be compelled in an unconsciousness activity, the one I engage in every day, like an animal turning in its mill.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1879 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Monet's letter, September 1879; as cited in The Private Lives of the Impressionists Sue Roe; Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2006, p. 209
“I am absolutely sickened with and demoralized by this life, I've been leading for so long. When you get to my age, there is nothing more to look forward to. Unhappy we are, unhappy we'll stay. Each day brings its tribulations and each day difficulties arise.. .So I'm giving up the struggle once and for all, abandoning all hope of success.. .I hear my friends are preparing another exhibition this year [the Impressionists, in Paris, 1880] but I'm ruling out the possibility of participating in it, as I just don't have anything worth showing.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1879 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter to , September 1879; as cited in The Private Lives of the Impressionists Sue Roe; Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2006, pp. 202-203; also partly cited in: Jane Kinsman, Michael Pantazzi, National …
“I can't hold out any longer and am in a state of utter despair. After a few days of good weather, it's raining again and once again I have had to put the studies I started to one side. It's driving me to distraction and the unfortunate thing is that I take it out on my poor paintings. I destroyed a large picture of flowers which I'd just done along with three or four paintings which I not only scraped down but slashed. This is absurd.. .Please be kind enough to have some money forwarded to me.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter from Pourville c. 1882, to his art-dealer Durand-Ruel; as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 50
“The sea is superb, but the cliffs don't match up to those at Fecamp. Here I'll be certain to do more boats.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in his letter from ; as quoted in: Howard F. Isham (2004) Image of the Sea: Oceanic Consciousness in the Romantic Century. p. 336 : About his 1880s travels
“I won't be here long, I am working as hard as I can, as I told you [in a letter] yesterday, I am very happy to be here Etretat, Normandy] and I hope to come up with something good, in any case I will bring lots of studies back with me so I can work on some big things at home.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1883 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Monet's letter from Etretat to his second [future] wife Alice Hoschedé, 1883; as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 51
“Once settled, I hope to produce masterpieces, because I like the countryside very much.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to Paul Durand-Ruel: as quoted in: Daniel Wildensteijn "Monet's Giveny" in: Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism, (1978) p. 16: About the countryside in
“I insist upon 'doing it alone'. Much as I enjoyed making the trip there with Renoir as a tourist, I'd find it hard to work there together. I have always worked better alone and from my own impressions.. .If he Renoir knew I was about to go, Renoir would doubtless want to join me and that would be equally disastrous for both of us.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter to his art-dealer Durand-Ruel in Paris, 1884; as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 51
“These palms are driving me crazy; the motifs are extremely difficult to seize, to put on canvas; it's so bushy everywhere, although delightful to the eye.. .I would like to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but cannot find them as I would like.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter from to friends in Paris, Jan. 1884; as cited in: Joslyn Art Museum, ‎Holliday T. Day, ‎Hollister Sturges (1987), Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings and Sculpture from the European and American Collections, p. 100
“I climb up, go down again, then climb up once more; between all my studies, as a relaxation I explore every footpath, always curious to see something new.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Monet's letter from (ca. 1884); as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 52
“I hired a good carriage and had myself driven to Menton, a delightful outing of several hours. Menton is wonderful and is in a splendid setting. I walked to Cap Martin, a famous spot between Menton and Monte Carlo. I saw two motifs there that I want to paint because they are so different from things here, where the sea plays no big part in my studies, where the sea plays no big plays no big part in my studies.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to his second wife Alice Hoschedé, 1884; as cited in: Christoph Heinrich, Monet, (2000), p. 64
“I am weary, having worked without a break all day; how beautiful it is here, to be sure, but how difficult to paint! I can see what I want to do quite clearly but I'm not there yet. It's so clear and pure in its pink and blues that the slightest misjudged stroke looks like a smudge of dirt.. .I have fourteen canvases underway.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Monet's quote in a letter from Cote d'Azure to his second wife Alice Hoschedé, (ca. 1886): K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 55
“Did you know that I went to London to see Whistler and that I spent about twelve days, very impressed by London and also by Whistler, who is a great artist; moreover, he could not have been more charming to me, and has invited me to exhibit at his show.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1887 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter to art-critic Theodore Duret (13 August 1887, L. 794); as cited in: Katharine Jordan Lochnan, ‎Luce Abélès, ‎James McNeill Whistler (2004), Turner, Whistler, Monet, p. 179
“I am working from morning to evening, brimming with energy.. I'm fencing and wrestling with the sun. And what a sun it is! In order to paint here, one would need gold and precious stones. It is quite remarkable.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1888 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter from Cote d'Azure to sculptor and friend Auguste Rodin, 1 February 1888; as cited in R. Gordon and A. Forge (1983), Monet, p. 123
“I was completely ignorant of the poetry of Poe; it is admirable, it is poetry itself, the dream, and how one feels that you have translated its soul! I am no more than a completely illiterate ignoramus, but am not any the less moved by it. I knew only Poe's prose, which I had read and admired very young before I had heard it spoken of, but how your poems complete and express the man he was”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1889 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in his letter, 15 February 1889, (L. 911); as cited in Steven Z. Levine, ‎Claude Monet (1994), Monet, Narcissus, and Self-Reflection: The Modernist Myth of the Self. p. 93
“I have gone back to some things that can't possibly be done: water, with weeds waving at the bottom. It is a wonderful sight, but it drives one to crazy to try to paint it. But that is the kind of thing I am always a tackling.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Monet's letter to art-critic and his friend Gustave Geffroy, 22 June 1890; as cited in Letters of the great artists – from Blake to Pollock, Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, 1963, p. 129
“I am in a very black mood and profoundly disgusted with painting. It really is a continual torture! Don't expect to see anything new, the little I did manage to do has been destroyed, scraped off, or torn up. You've no idea what appalling weather we've had continuously these two past months. When you're trying to convey the weather, the atmosphere and the general mood, it's enough to make you mad with rage.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote from Monet's letter to art-critic and his friend Gustave Geffroy, Giverny 1890; as cited in Letters of the great artists – from Blake to Pollock, Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, 1963, p. 56
“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 air and the light which vary continually. For me, it is only the, surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Claude Monet, 1891; as cited in: National Gallery of Australia, ‎Michael Lloyd, ‎Michael Desmond (1992), European and American paintings and sculptures 1870-1970 in the Australian National Gallery, p. 75
“You know the affection I have always had for you Boudin and also the gratitude. I have never forgotten that you were the first who taught me to see and to comprehend.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1892 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter to Boudin, 1892; as cited in Monet and His Muse: Camille Monet in the Artist's Life, Mary Mathews Gedo; University of Chicago Press, Sept. 2010, p. 10
“I am working as hard as I possibly can, and do not even dream of doing anything except the cathedral. It is an immense task.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter from to his art-dealer Durand-Ruel, 30 March 1893; as quoted in: Christoph Heinrich (2000), Monet, p. 57
“I tell myself that anyone who says he has finished a canvas is terribly arrogant. Finished means complete, perfect, and I toil away without making any progress, searching, fumbling around, without achieving anything much.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1893 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Claude Monet, 1893; as quoted in: David W. Galenson (2009), Painting outside the Lines, p. 49
“I hope that Cezanne will still be here and that he will join us, but he is so shy, so afraid of meeting new people, that I am afraid that he might let us down, even though he wants very much to meet you. How sad it is that this man hasn't had more patronage in his life! This is a true artist who has come to doubt himself far too much. He needs to be cheered up, so e was quote touched by your article.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1894 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter from to Gustave Geffroy, 23 November 1894; as cited in: P. Michael Doran (2001), ‎Art Conversations with Cézanne, p. 3
“I have at last found a suitable spot and settled her. I have already spend a few days working and started eight canvases, which I hope, if the weather favours me, will give an idea of Norway and the environs of Christiania.. .This morning I was painting under constant falling snow. You would have burst out laughing seeing me white all over, my beard overgrown with icicles.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in his letter from Sandviken to Gustave Geffroy, late January 1895; (Geoffrey, 1922, vol 2 pp. 87-88); as cited in: Nathalia Brodskaya, Claude Monet, 2011, p. 106
“I have not been able to see a bit of sea or any water at all; everything is frozen and covered with snow.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1274 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter from Sandviken to Gustave Geffroy, 26 February 1895 (L. 1274); as cited in: Steven Z. Levine, ‎Claude Monet (1994), Monet, Narcissus, and Self-Reflection: The Modernist Myth of the Self. p. 93
“To me the motif itself is an insignificant factor; what I want to reproduce is what lies between the motif and me.. .Other painters paint a bridge, a house, a boat.. .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 (1840–1926) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Claude Monet, in an interview, 1895; as quoted in: Paul Hayes Tucker et al. (eds). (1999) Monet in the Twentieth Century. London: Royal Academy of Arts/Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. As cited in: , "About There, or Therea…
“Ninety percent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in.. ..Ruskin's Elements.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote attributed to Claude Monet, talking to a British journalist in 1900, by Wynford Dewhurst in 'What is impressionism?', Contemporary Review, March 1991; Cited in: John Ruskin (2012) The Elements of Drawing. p. viii
“I've never seen such changeable conditions and I had over 15 canvases under way, going from one to the other and back again, and it was never quite right; a few unfortunate brushstrokes and in the end I lost my nerve and in a temper I packed everything away in crates with no further desire to look out of the window, knowing full well that in this mood I'd only mess things up and all the paintings I'd done were awful, and perhaps they are, more than I suppose.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Monet, ca. 1900, London; as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 72
“I could not appreciate his [ Boudin ] paintings and when he offered to take me with him to paint outdoors in the open countryside, I always found a pretext and refused politely. But when summer came, I was more or less free to dispose of my time as I wished and I had no feasible excuse left to give him and gave in. Thus it was, that Boudin - with his inexhaustible kindness - took it upon himself to educate me. With time, my eyes began to open and I really started to understand nature. I also learned to love it. I would analyze its forms with my pencil. I would study its colorations.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quote from an interview Claude Monet par lui-meme, by Thiébault-Sisson / translated by Louise McGlone Jacot-Descombes; published in 'Le Temps newspaper', 26 November 1900
“Did not Troyon tell me to enter the studio of Couture [in Paris]? It is needless to tell you how decided was my refusal to do so. I admit even that it cooled me, temporarily at least, in my esteem and admiration of Troyon.. ..and [I] after all, connected myself only with artists who were seeking.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote from an interview with Thiebault-Sisson, 1900; as cited in Monet and His Muse: Camille Monet in the Artist's Life, Mary Mathews Gedo; University of Chicago Press, Sept. 2010, p. 10
“..but what a pity that I did not come here [in Venice] when I was younger and more adventurous.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1907 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Monet's letter to art-ritic and friend Gustave Geffroy, 1907; as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 56
“It's quite beyond my powers at my age, and yet I want to succeed in expressing what I feel.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1908 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: his remark in 1908; as quoted in The Private Lives of the Impressionists Sue Roe; Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2006, p. 269
“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 (1840–1926) first seen 1909 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Claude Monet (1909), as cited in: Sarah Walden (1985) The ravished image, or, How to ruin masterpieces by restoration, p. 67
“Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1911 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: his remark, shortly after the death of his second wife Alice in 1911; as quoted in: K.E. Sullivan Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 76
“I'm very sorry to inconvenience you [ the art dealers G. and J. Berheim-Jeune ], but I find it impossible to supply you with any more Venice pictures. It was useless trying to persuade my self otherwise, the work that's left is too poor for exhibition. Don't insist.. .I've enough good sense in me to know whether what I'm doing is good or bad, and it' utterly bad, and I can't believe that people of taste, if they have any knowledge at all, could see any value in it. Things have been dragging on like this for far too long..”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Monet's letter to his art-dealers [[wBernheim-Jeune|G. and J. Berheim-Jeune], Venice, 1912; as cited in: K.E. Sullivan. Monet: Discovering Art, Brockhampton press, London (2004), p. 72
“You'll understand... that I'm chasing the merest sliver of color. It's my own fault, I want to grasp the intangible. It's terrible how the light runs out, taking color with it. Color, any color, lasts a second, sometimes three of four minutes at the most.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (c. 1918) as quoted by , Diary of an Art Dealer (1966) p. 58.
“I can no longer work outside because of the intensity of the light.”
Claude Monet (1840–1926) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in the Summer of 1920, to Gustave Geffroy. Monet in the 20th Century, by Paul Hayes Tucker.