Claude Monet — "When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree…"
When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you, a tree, a house, a field or whatever.
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Advice to other painters, emphasizing focus on light and color over form.
Date: Undated, approximate late 19th century
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