"Je serai obligé de vous demander pas mal d'argent, étant
à la veille d'acheter la maison que j'habite ou de quitter Giverny,
ce qui m'ennuierait beaucoup, certain de ne jamais retrouver une pareille
installation ni un si beau pays."
Claude Monet à Durand Ruel, 1890 |
"I will be obliged to ask you for quite a lot of money, as I am on
the verge of either buying the house where I live or leaving Giverny which
would bother me a lot, as I am sure I will never find a similar set up nor
so beautiful a landscape."
Claude Monet to Durand-Ruel, 1890 |
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"Je suis dans le ravissement, Giverny est un pays splendide pour moi."
Claude Monet |
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"I am filled with delight, Giverny is a splendid spot for me."
Claude Monet |
"Non, je ne suis pas un grand peintre, grand poète. Je sais seulement
que je fais ce que je peux pour exprimer ce que j'éprouve devant la
nature."
Claude Monet |
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"I am not a great painter, great poet. I just know that
I do what I can to express what I feel in front of nature."
Claude Monet |
" Mon coeur est à Giverny, toujours et toujours..."
Claude Monet |
"My heart is to Giverny for ever and ever."
Claude Monet |
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"C'est si beau à la campagne, je voulais vous écrire pour
que vous veniez voir le jardin si beau en ce moment : ça vaut le voyage
et dans 15 jours au plus, ce sera passé."
Claude Monet
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"It is so beautiful in the countryside, I wanted to write to you that
you would come to see the garden so beautiful by now ; it's worth the travel
and in less than 15 days it will be over."
Claude Monet |
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"J'ai le spleen de Giverny. Tout doit être si beau par ce temps
inouï."
Claude Monet
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"I feel the spleen from Giverny. It must all be so beautiful by this
incredible weather."
Claude Monet |
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