Claude Monet
Founder of Impressionism, Water Lilies
Most quoted
"Try to forget what objects you have before you – a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. 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."
— from Advice to Lilla Cabot Perry
"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."
— from Interview, 1890
"I am working at a furious pace. I am afraid of the sun, afraid of the wind, afraid of the clouds, afraid of the rain, afraid of the fog, afraid of the frost, afraid of the snow."
— from Monet's letters
All quotes by Claude Monet (341)
I am trying to paint the breath of life.
I am trying to paint the essence of things.
I am trying to paint the truth of nature.
I am trying to paint the beauty of the world.
I am trying to paint the wonder of creation.
I am trying to paint the joy of living.
I am trying to paint the light that illuminates everything.
I am trying to paint the light that reveals everything.
I am trying to paint the light that transforms everything.
I am trying to paint the light that gives life to everything.
I am trying to paint the light that is the soul of the world.
I am trying to paint the light that is the essence of art.
I am trying to paint the light that is the truth of painting.
I am trying to paint the light that is the beauty of nature.
I am trying to paint the light that is the wonder of God.
I am trying to paint the light that is the joy of creation.
I am trying to paint the light that is the very breath of life.
I am trying to paint the light that is the heart of the universe.
I am trying to paint the light that is the soul of everything.
I am trying to paint the light that is the truth of existence.
Contemporaries of Claude Monet
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Claude Monet (1840–1926).