私は自然を追い求めているが、その本質は未だに把握できていない。こうして画家になれたのも、草花たちのおかげなのかも知れないな。 - クロード・モネ (1840 - 1926)
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I am following Nature without being able to grasp her.... I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. - Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)
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