Claude Monet Quotes

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.

Art is the right hand of Nature.

I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as such are chiefly sensible, that all Art consists in the Imitation and Study of Nature. On the contrary, People of the common Level of Understanding are principally delighted with the Little Niceties and Fantastical Operations of Art, and constantly think that finest which is least Natural.

Art is the child of Nature.

The creative act amazes me. Whether it's poetry, whether it's music, it's an amazing process, and it has something to do with bringing forth the old out into the world to create and to bring forth that which will rejuvenate.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?

Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

You see nature and then you try to emulate it.

Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.

Art creates an incomparable and unique effect, and, having done so, passes on to other things. Nature, upon the other hand, forgetting that that imitation can be made the sincerest form of insult, keeps on repeating this effect until we all become absolutely wearied of it.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.

So much inspires me. People living their lives with courage, beauty of all kinds, nature in all its aspects, people I love and people I hardly know, and, of course, other poets.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

I like all those painters who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.

Make good art.