Berthe Morisot

"I will achieve it only by perseverance, and by openly asserting my determination to emancipate myself, .. ..I both lament and envy your fate. Bichette helps me to understand maternal love; she comes o…"

"If you read some of the Parisian newspapers, among others the 'Figaro', so beloved of the right-thinking public, you must have learned that I am part of a group of artists who opened a private exhibit…"

"Would you do us the great favour, you and Mademoiselle Geneviève, of coming to dine next Thursday? Monet will be there, Renoir also.."

"It is odd that Edouard with his reputation as an innovator, who has survived such storms of criticism, should suddenly be seen as a classicist. It just proves the imbecility of the public, for he has …"

"This project is very much up in the air. Degas' perversity makes it almost impossible of realization; there are clashes of vanity in this little group that make any understanding difficult. It seems t…"

"I think that it will be a great success, that all this painting , so fresh, so vital, will electrify the 'Palais des Beaux Arts' , which is accustomed to dead art. It will be the revenge for so many r…"

"I can not get over everything you did for me in that first day , it seems to me that you are working yourself to death, and all on my account. This touches me deeply and vexes me at the same time."

"He holds up that eternal Mademoiselle Gonzales as an example; she has poise, perseverance, she can get her things finished whereas I am incapable of doing anything properly. In the meantime he has sta…"