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[1850's]
RECORDED BY CHARLES TOCHE
The day I enrolled in Couture's studio, they gave me an
antique cast to copy. I turned it around in every direction. It looked more interesting upside
down. In the end, after two or three attempts, I gave up the idea of getting anything out of
Antiquity. But I learnt a great deal on my trip to Brazil. I spent endless nights looking at the
play of light and shade in the ship's wake. And in the daytime, from the upper deck, I would
keep my eyes on the horizon. That's how I learnt how to capture a sky.
EDOUARD MANET
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