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Berthe Morisot Quotes



Quotes by Berthe Morisot - (6 quotes)

Berthe Morisot - From the Expression category:

It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience. (Berthe Morisot)

Berthe Morisot - From the Gender category:

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 - I know I am worth as much as they... but there is a kind of elevation that does not depend on fortune; it's an indefinable air that distinguishes us and seems to destine us for great things; it's the value that we give ourselves... especially to our spirit. (Berthe Morisot)

Berthe Morisot - From the Love category:

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)

Berthe Morisot - From the Nature category:

A love of nature is a consolation against failure. (Berthe Morisot)

Berthe Morisot - From the Obsession category:

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)

Berthe Morisot - From the Understanding category:

Real painters understand with a brush in their hand. (Berthe Morisot)