You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is j… - Edgar Degas

We also consider that Miss Berthe Morisot's [woman painter in French Impressionism who got later married with a brother of Eduard Manet] name and talent are too important to us to do without. [Degas is referring to her participation in the first Impressionist's show he was preparing, then; he was in strong opposition to Eduard Manet who wanted to exclude Berthe Morisot)

Je n'admets pas qu'une femme puisse dessiner comme ca.

Il faut avoir une haute idée, non pas de ce qu'on fait, mais de ce qu'on pourra faire un jour; sans quoi ce n'est pas la peine de travailler.