“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair." "Why should you, with so much energy and talent?" "That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try anymore.” ArtRome19th CenturyAmerican LiteratureLittle WomenClassic LiteratureLouisa May AlcottQuotes About ArtAmy March19th Century Literature Book:Little Women Source: Little Women
“You laugh at me when I say I want to be a lady, but I mean a true gentlewoman in mind and manners, and I try to do it as far as I know how. I can't explain exactly, but I want to be above the little meannesses and follies and faults that spoil so many women” MindFaultsMannersLadyAmy MarchGentlewoman Book:Little Women / Stage 3 Source: Little Women / Stage 3
“Her monstrosities in the way of cattle would have taken prizes at an agricultural fair, and the perilous pitching of her vessels would have produced seasickness in the most nautical observer, if the utter disregard to all known rules of shipbuilding and rigging had not convulsed him with laughter at the first glance.” BeautifulPaintingLittle WomenAmy March Book:Little Women Source: Little Women