Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisotwas a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth14 January 1841
CountryFrance
passion voice answers
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.
past novelty extremes
I love only extreme novelty or the things of the past.
ambition desire capture
My ambition is limited to the desire to capture something transient, and yet, this ambition is excessive.
dream orange tree
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.
nature-love consolation
A love of nature is a consolation against failure.
equality men thinking
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.
art real taken
It is important to express oneself...provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience.
real hands brushes
Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.
experience express provided taken
It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.