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Quote of Claude Monet - The subject is of secondary importance...


Biography - Claude Monet:

French painter.
Born: 1840 - Died: 1926
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

The subject is of secondary importance to me; I want to represent what lives between the object and me.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le motif est quelque chose de secondaire, ce que je veux reproduire, c'est ce qu'il y a entre le motif et moi.

German
Mich interessiert nicht das Objekt, sondern das, was zwischen mir und dem Objekt passiert.




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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!





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My life has been nothing but a failure.












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