"Gauguin me disait l'autre jour qu'il avait vu de Claude Monet un tableau
de tournesols dans un grand vase japonais très beau, mais - il aime
mieux les miens. Je ne suis pas de cet avis."
Vincent Van Gogh à son frère Théo. |
"Gardening was something I learned in my youth when I was unhappy.
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."
Claude Monet |
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"Il me faut surtout avoir des fleurs, toujours, toujours."
Claude Monet |
"More than anything I must have flowers, always always."
Claude Monet |
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I'm busy gardening, "it will give me flowers to paint on rainy days."
Claude Monet |
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