8 de Julho

"I have touched some people with a sense

of art - they felt the love

and the life. Can you offer me anything

to compare to that joy for an artist?"

Mary Cassatt

The Boating Party, c. 1893-94

Mary Cassatt

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

8 de Abril

"It is not enough to know your craft -

you have to have feelings. Science is
all very well, but for us imagination

is worth far more"

Edouard Manet

The Railway, 1873

Edouard Manet

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

23 de Março

"The only decent people

I ever saw at the racecourse

were horses"

James Joyce

The Races, 1871-72

Edgar Degas

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

19 de Fevereiro

"Everyone discusses my art and pretends

to understand, as if it were necessary to

understand, when it is simply necessary to love"

Claude Monet

Palazzo da Mula, Venice, 1908

Claude Monet

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.