Berthe Morisot

“It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.”

“My ambition is limited to the desire to capture something transient, and yet, this ambition is excessive.”

“I don't think any man would ever treat a woman as his equal, and it's all I ask, because I know my worth.”

“Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.”

“Work is the only thing that gives me a reason for living.”

“A love of nature is a consolation against failure.”

“I am working with the enthusiasm of a man who is starving, but the work is not progressing.”

“I am at an age when I have no right to be sad, but have every reason to be so.”

“My drawings are not finished for the public to see. They are my own personal notes.”

“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 I want to realize.”

“To be a woman and an artist is a double struggle.”

“The men seem to think that they can do without us. We shall see.”