Claude Monet:

I'm in a foul mood, furious at myself. It's going very badly, I'm not pleased with anything I do, and I destroy as fast as I paint.

— Claude Monet Modern

Impressionism founder

Context

Letter to Alice Hoschedé

Date / Period

1885

Source

https://www.claudemonetgallery.org/quotes.html

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