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

 

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


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This quote is just one of 8 total Claude Monet quotes in our collection. Claude Monet is known for saying 'No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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!

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

Claude Monet
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No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. -Claude Monet
191

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

Claude Monet
182

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

Claude Monet
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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. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value. -Claude Monet
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My life has been nothing but a failure.

Claude Monet
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