Berthe Morisot Quotes

• I don't think there has ever been a man who treated a woman as an equal and that's all I would have asked for, for I know I'm worth as much as they.

  Berthe Morisot

  Equality, Men, Thinking

  Anne Higonnet, Berthe Morisot (1995). “Berthe Morisot”, p.203, Univ of California Press

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• Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.

  Berthe Morisot

  Inspiring, Art, Real

  Anne Higonnet, Berthe Morisot (1995). “Berthe Morisot”, p.219, Univ of California Press

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• It is important to express oneself...provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience.

  Berthe Morisot

  Art, Real, Taken

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• My ambition is limited to the desire to capture something transient, and yet, this ambition is excessive.

  Berthe Morisot

  Ambition, Desire, Capture

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• A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

  Berthe Morisot

  Nature Love, Consolation

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• I love only extreme novelty or the things of the past.

  Berthe Morisot

  Past, Novelty, Extremes

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• In love, there's sentiment and passion; I know only sentiment through myself, passion through others. I hear certain voices I know say: sentiment=love of the intellect; I can answer: passion=the love of the body.

  Berthe Morisot

  Passion, Voice, Answers

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• I wear myself out trying to render the orange trees so that they're not stiff but like those I saw by Botticelli in Florence. It's a dream that won't come true.

  Berthe Morisot

  Dream, Orange, Tree

  Anne Higonnet, Berthe Morisot (1995). “Berthe Morisot”, p.199, Univ of California Press

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