TY - GEN N2 - For Monet, the act of creation was always a painful struggle. His obsession with capturing light effects in nature was much more intense than that of his contemporaries. In his words: "Skills come and go... Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity. I strive and struggle against the sun... should as well paint with gold and precious stones." AB - For Monet, the act of creation was always a painful struggle. His obsession with capturing light effects in nature was much more intense than that of his contemporaries. In his words: "Skills come and go... Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity. I strive and struggle against the sun... should as well paint with gold and precious stones." T1 - Claude Monet DA - c2011. CY - [New York] : AU - Kalitina, N. N. AU - Monet, Claude, AU - Brodskai͡a, N. V. CN - Ebrary Academic Complete CN - ND553.M7 PB - Parkstone Press International, PP - [New York] : PY - c2011. ID - 454269 SN - 9781780427317 (electronic bk.) SN - 178042731X (electronic bk.) TI - Claude Monet LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10540566 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10540566 ER -