252 Quotes by Claude Monet

It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it!

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

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

I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most propitious for me, as long as my paint tubes and brushes are not mixed up... I will paint almost blind, as Beethoven composed completely deaf.

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

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

the more I live, the more I regret how little i know

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!

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