"The first sight of Degas' pictures was the turning point of my artistic life."

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Source : Mary Cassatt, Nancy Mowll Mathews (1984). “Cassatt and her circle: selected letters”, Abbeville Pr

Mary Cassatt

#Sight Quotes #Degas Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The first essential for the childâ€™s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.”
“Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.”
“Keep thou an open door between thy child's life and thine own.”

Source : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.110, Heart of Dixie Publishing
“as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning for a master who will set us free and claim us because we cannot claim ourselves”
“Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with.”
“Writing for film is so different; it's such an act of submission, both on a monetary and time level, because you basically kind of have to just set everything else aside - it's like suddenly getting a temp job that requires you to work 16-hour days. Also just aesthetically, you have to completely leave all of your ego out of it.”
“She took the sun when it came and the rain the same way.”

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