It seems to me, when I see nature, that I see it ready made, completely written — but then, try to do it! All this proves that one must think of noth… - Claude Monet

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It seems to me, when I see nature, that I see it ready made, completely written — but then, try to do it! All this proves that one must think of nothing but them [impressions]; it is by dint of observation and reflection that one makes discoveries.

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About Claude Monet

Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French painter, and a leading artist in the French Impressionist art movement. Impressionism expresses one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" was derived from the title of Monet's painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris.

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Alternative Names: Monet Klod Mone Claude-Oscar Monet Cl. Monet Oscar Claude Monet monet claude claude oscar monet monet c. Claude Jean Monet Claude Oscar Monet C. Monet Oscar-Claude Monet
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My only merit lies in having painted directly in front of nature, seeking to render my impressions of the most fleeting effects, and I still very much regret having caused the naming of a group whose majority had nothing impressionist about it.

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