“I am working as hard as I possibly can, and do not even dream of doing anything except the cathedral. It is an immense task.”

—  Claude Monet

in a letter from to his art-dealer Durand-Ruel, 30 March 1893; as quoted in: Christoph Heinrich (2000), Monet, p. 57
1890 - 1900

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