Top 6 Mary Cassatt Quotes

American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)

Mary Cassatt (May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926) was an American painter and print-maker. She was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of her artistic life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.

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Pen Names: Cassatt, Mary Stevenson

Birth Name: Mary Stevenson Cassatt

Alternative Names: Cassatt • Mary Stevenson

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..crushed by the strength of this Art [the old Egyptian art].. .I fought against it but it conquered, it is surely the greatest Art the past has left us.. ..how are my feeble hands to ever paint the effect on me.

If you [Vollard] should ever happen to find that picture ['Milliners's workshop'] by Edgar Degas ] I know an American who will pay any price for it.

..we [the Impressionists ] are carrying on a despairing fight & need all our forces.

I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his [Degas'] art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.

I have given up my studio & torn up my father's portrait, & have not touched a brush for six weeks nor ever will again until I see some prospect of getting back to Europe. I am very anxious to go out west next fall & get some employment, but I have not yet decided where.

O how wild I am to get to work, my fingers farely itch & my eyes water to see a fine picture again.

Top 6 Mary Cassatt Quotes

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