Quote#Wisdom
..we [the Impressionists ] are carrying on a despairing fight & need…
Quote byMary Cassatt · 1844–1926
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quote c. 1879; as cited by Nancy Mowll Mathews, in Mary Cassatt: A Life, Villard Books, New York, 1994, p. 118 - ISBN 978-0-394-58497-3.
English (original)
..we [the Impressionists ] are carrying on a despairing fight & need all our forces.
— Mary Cassatt
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