Marie Bashkirtseff was a Russian painter known for her unique artistic style and her passionate yet brief life. Her works garnered wide attention in the art world at the end of the 19th century.
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“To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“Soul is as necessary in a painting as body.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“Life, that is Paris! Paris, that is life!”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“When one misses an opportunity one is apt to fancy that another will never present itself.”
Source: Letters of Marie Bashkirtseff
“When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“... I will never love, for I should never be loved as I desire to be loved.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.”
“I long to see everything, to know everything, to learn everything!.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“Let us love dogs; let us love only dogs! Men and cats are unworthy creatures.”
“The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884
“Nothing is ever so good or so bad in reality as it is in the anticipation.”
Source: Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884