“Water Lilies' is an extension of my life. Without the woter the lilies cannot live, as I am without art.”
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“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.”
― Howards End
― Howards End
“One day we'll all be flowers again.”
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“Yellow is the true color of spring, not green; the new grass, the clouds, the misty, sunny air, the sticky buds like little feathers on the trees, all are mixed with yellow tone, with the haze of sun and earth and water. Green is for summer; blue, for fall.”
― Portrait of Jennie
― Portrait of Jennie
“I love the autumn—that melancholy season that suits memories so well. When the trees have lost their leaves, when the sky at sunset still preserves the russet hue that fills with gold the withered grass, it is sweet to watch the final fading of the fires that until recently burnt within you.”
― Memoirs of a Madman and November
― Memoirs of a Madman and November
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