Berthe Morisot: "I have sinned, I have suffered, I have atoned!"

"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 won't come true".

"A love of nature is a consolation against failure".

"I do not think any man would ever treat a woman as his equal, and it is all I ask because I know my worth".

"I have sinned, I have suffered, I have atoned".

"I love only extreme novelty or the things of the past".

"In love, there's sentiment and passion; I know only sentiment through myself, passion through others. I hear certain voices I know say: sentiment equals love of the intellect; I can answer: passion equals the love of the body".

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

"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 won't come true".

"Men are inclined to believe that they fill all of one's life, but as for me, I think that no matter how much affection a woman has for her husband, it is not easy for her to break with a life of work".

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

"Real painters understand with a brush in their hand".

"There I found Manet, with his hat on in bright sunlight, looking dazed. He begged me to go and see his painting, as he did not dare to move a step".

"To catch the fleeting moment - anything, however small, a smile, a flower, a fruit - is an ambition still unfulfilled".