Marie Bashkirtseff Quotes

To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.

I was born to be a remarkable woman it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.

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Marie Bashkirtseff, born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva (Russian: Мария Константиновна Башкирцева; 24 November [O.S. 12 November] 1858 – 31 October 1884), was an émigré artist who was born into a noble family on their estate near the city of Poltava. She lived and worked in Paris, and died at the age of 25.

I long to see everything to know everything to learn everything!

The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.