Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) German artist
excerpt of her Journal, Worpswede 1897; as quoted in: Witzling (1991, p. 193) and Delia Gaze (2001) Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, p. 489
1897
“A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth!”
— Stendhal, book The Charterhouse of Parma
Une femme de quarante ans n'est plus quelque chose que pour les hommes qui l'ont aimée dans sa jeunesse!
Source: La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma) (1839), Ch. 23
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