What did Marie Bashkirtseff mean by: Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally. Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine Copy
The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marie Bashkirtseff, Anticipation, Fear, Reality, 0 Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine
When one misses an opportunity one is apt to fancy that another will never present itself. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marie Bashkirtseff, Opportunity, Pessimism, Regret, 0 Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine
Nothing is ever so good or so bad in reality as it is in the anticipation. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marie Bashkirtseff, Expectations, Perception, Reality, 0 Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine
I long to see everything, to know everything, to learn everything!. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marie Bashkirtseff, Curiosity, Exploration, Knowledge, 0 Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine
They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marie Bashkirtseff, Fortune, Perception, Relationships, 0 Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine
To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marie Bashkirtseff, Gender, Independence, Relationships, 0 Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine
When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marie Bashkirtseff, Humanity, Indignation, Mortality, 0 Marie Bashkirtseff Painter · Ukraine
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
