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RODIN ~ TIME
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. Auguste Rodin
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Stories to linger over.
A curated selection from the Moniqs archive, newest first. More stories are being moved over from the original site.
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Alphonse Mucha ~ Woman with Daisies
Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Woman with Daisies, 1898-99. www.passionforpaintings.com
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
Wish you all a very merry Christmas ♥♥♥ Anton Heinrich Dieffenbach A Christmas Party -1865 www.passionforpaintings.com www.moniquespassions.com
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TEARS OF HUMANITY…
Tears of humanity, tears of humanity, flowing eternally early and late… Flowing invisibly, flowing in secrecy, ever abundantly, ever unceasingly – flowing as rain flows with autumn finality all through the night like a river in spate (1849) Fyodor Tyutchev translation Peter Tempe
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VIVE LA FRANCE
VIVE LA FRANCE Marianne, Eugene Delacroix www.moniquespassions.com
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AUGUSTE RODIN ~ THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A MAN
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!” ― Auguste Rodin Eternal Spring, 1900 Auguste Rodin
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PAUL CEZANNE ~ A BEAUTIFUL STILLNESS
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses Paul Cézanne – circa 1890 www.passionforpaintings.com
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EDWARD STEICHEN ~ THE PHOTOGRAPHER
“Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.” Edward Steichen “The Flatiron” 1905 by Edward Steichen 1897-1973
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KIERKEGAARD ~ HARMONY
“Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life’s relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.” ― Søren Kierkegaard Painting: Paul Delvaux (Belgian, Surrealism, 1897–1994) Harmony (L’Harmon
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VLADIMIR ODOEVSKY ~ THE SOULLESS
“The soulless have no need of melancholia” ― Vladimir Odoevsky Edgar Degas, Melancholy, 1874
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CARL JUNG ~ BECOMING WHOLE OR COMPLETE
“To individuals, becoming whole or complete is the process by which we “give birth” to ourselves as both “truly human” and “partially divine” within the Self.” Carl Jung Frantisek Kupka, Dream, c. 1909
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