Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Orties près de Vernon (Île aux Orties near Vernon) 1897 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Île aux Orties (Island of Nettles) is situated not far from…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Fleurs près de Vétheuil (Île aux Fleurs near Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is one of two views of the Île aux Fleurs, an…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Champs de coquelicots près d’Argenteuil (Poppy Fields near Argenteuil) 1875 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work is one of four similar views of the plain of Gennevilliers, just…
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Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) “Un muerto en España está más vivo como muerto que en ningún sitio del mundo.” (A dead man in Spain is more alive than a dead man anywhere in the world.) Poeta en Nueva York “Verte…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) “To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” Crime and Punishment “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men…
William Faulkner (1897-1962) “Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.” Absalom, Absalom! “…I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire… I give it to you not that you may remember time,…
Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) “Sólo el que ensaya lo absurdo es capaz de conquistar lo imposible.” (Only he who attempts the absurd is able to conquer the impossible.) Del sentimiento trágico de la vida “La vida es duda, y la…
Molière (1622-1673) “L’écriture ressemble à la prostitution. D’abord on écrit pour l’amour de la chose, puis pour quelques amis, et à la fin, pour de l’argent.” (Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a…