They [the sisters Berthe and Edma ] will become painters. Are you fully aware of what that means? It will be revolutionary – I would almost say catastrophic – in your bourgeois society. Are you sure you won't curse Art, because once it is allowed into such a respectable and serene household, it will surely end by dictating the destinies of your two children.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "They [the sisters Berthe and Edma ] will become painters. Are you fully aware of what that means? It will be revolutionary – I would almost say catastrophic – in your bourgeois society. Are you sure you won't curse Art, because once it is allowed into such a respectable and serene household, it will surely end by dictating the destinies of your two children." in the context of "Quote of Joseph Guichard to Madame Morisot, End of 1857; in Berthe Morisot, Fourreau, pp. 13-14; as cited in Berthe Morisot, the first lady of Impressionism, by Margaret Sehnan; Sutton Publishing, 1996 - (ISBN 0 7509 2339 3), p. 38
• This frequently repeated anecdote originated with Tiburce Morisot, Berthe's brother; Berthe is 16 years old then" to mean that wisdom is timeless.