
“I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty… But I am too busy thinking about myself.”
As quoted in The Observer (30 April 1950)
Quote of Boudin; as cited in Eugene Boudin, L'atelier de la Lumière' http://www.muma-lehavre.fr/en/exhibitions/eugene-boudin-latelier-de-la-lumiere/variations, Museum Muma, Le Havre
undated quotes
“I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty… But I am too busy thinking about myself.”
As quoted in The Observer (30 April 1950)
“I had forgotten to fear him, from too much time spent too close.”
Source: Uprooted
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 38, “The Taglian Territories: The Dandha Presh” (p. 502)
“I have no intention of being killed, there's too much I still want to do with my life.”
Quote from a late letter of Bazille he wrote in 1870, shortly before he died in the Franco-Prussian War; Bazille joined General de Barrail's staff
1866 - 1870
Source: Les Impressionists autour de Paris: tableau de banlieu avec peintres, ed. Jean-Michel Puydebat – SEM Chateau d’Auvers, 1993, p. 16
“We spent too much damn time getting down. Now it’s time to get up.”
Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 9 “Paranoia: It Can Destroy Ya” (p. 258)