Art Quote by Katharine Fullerton Gerould

“When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings.” quote by Katharine Fullerton Gerould — Download Open image

“When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings.”

Katharine Fullerton Gerould

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All violations of essential privacy are brutalizing.

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I know exaggerators of both kinds: people whose lies are only picturesque adjectives, and people whose picturesque adjectives are only lies.

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