Mrs. Langtry as Hester Grazebrook: Quotes

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• "it is only countries which possess great beauty that can appreciate beauty at all."

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• "for if we desire realistic acting we cannot have realistic scene-painting."

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• "Whistler very wisely always paints those things which are within reach of Velasquez only."

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• "but then it is only the impossible things that are worth doing nowadays!"

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