The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

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• Hendrik Willem Van Loon:

  Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.

• Berthe Morisot:

  A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

• Berthe Morisot:

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

• Berthe Morisot:

  Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.

• Pierre Loti:

  And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.

• Pierre Loti:

  But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama b

• Pierre Loti:

  Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recog

• Pierre Loti:

  I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life

• Pierre Loti:

  I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into

• Pierre Loti:

  I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.