Claude Monet: Quotations

Claude Monet (1840–1926) “Je ne comprends pas pourquoi tout le monde discute de mon art et fait semblant de comprendre, comme si il était nécessaire de comprendre, quand il est simplement nécessaire de l’aimer.” (Everyone discusses my art and pretends…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Quotations

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) “La douleur passe, la beauté reste.” (The pain passes, but the beauty remains.) “Un artiste, sous peine de néant, doit avoir confiance en lui-même et n’écouter que son vrai maître, la nature.” (An artist, under pain of oblivion, must…

Charlotte Berthier

(1858-?) Anne Marie Hagen, called Charlotte Berthier Charlotte Berthier in Art: Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Le Pont de l’Europe 1876 Musée du Petit Palais, Genève     Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Portrait de Madame Anne-Marie Hagen 1879 Private collection     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919)…

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Founded: 1906 Address: 1712 S Glendale Ave, Glendale, CA 91205, United States Website: https://forestlawn.com/ Museum: • Forest Lawn Museum: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA 91205, United States Burials: • Allyson, June (1917-2006) • Barty, Billy (1924-2000) • Bogart, Humphrey (1899-1957) • Corby,…

Richard Burton: Quotations

Richard Burton (1925-1984) “The only thing in life is language. Not love. Not anything else.” “Richard Burton is now my epitaph, my cross, my title, my image. I have achieved a kind of diabolical fame. It has nothing to do…

Céligny (Switzerland)

Le Pays de Galles, Richard Burton‘s villa in Céligny. Richard Burton‘s grave in the old cemetery. Deaths: • Burton, Richard (1925-1984) See also: • Cities | Switzerland

Marilyn Monroe: Quotations

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) “I’m a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they’ve made of me -and that I’ve made of myself- as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and…

Marilyn Monroe

(1926–1962) Norma Jeane Mortenson Filmography as Actress: All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter     Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe     The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 Director: Laurence Olivier Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence…