20 Quotes by Mary Cassatt

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    At some future time I shall see New York the artist's ground. I think you will create an American School.

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    Cezanne is one of the most liberal artists I have ever seen... he grants that everyone may be as honest and as true to nature from their convictions; he doesn't believe that everyone should see alike.

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    There's only one thing in life for a woman; it's to be a mother... A woman artist must be... capable of making primary sacrifices.

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    I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.

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    It is as well not to have too great an admiration for your master's work. You will be in less danger of imitating him.

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    Sometimes it made him [Degas] furious that he could not find a chink in my armor, and there would be months when we just could not see each other, and then something I painted would bring us together again.

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

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    Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the world will suffice for me in the future.

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