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Honoré Daumier
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“My dear Genron, I am forced to write to you because I can not go to see you because I am detained at Ste. Pelagie by a slight indisposition.. ..I eagerly await your response. Reply me right away about Cabat or Huet; my respects to your family.. Farewell, the Gouape, H.-D. she is always in all her Charms (the Republic) - do not talk to me about politics because the letters are opened.”
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) first seen 1832 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Daumier's letter, from prison Ste. Pelagie Prison, Paris, 9 October, 1832; as quoted on website Daumier
“'The swarm of ducks so darkens the sky that poor Europe does not know which way to go'”
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) first seen 1833 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: title/caption in Daumier's print; published in 'La Caricature', 1833-35; number 3601 in the catalogue raisonné by Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, Vol. 28 (New York: Da Capo Press, 1969); as quoted on samfoxsc…
“'We have not died in vain'”
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) first seen 1835 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: title/caption in Daumier's print; in the last publication of 'La Caricature', 27 August 1835; from: Daumier, the Man and the Artist, Michael Sadleir; Halton and Truscott Smith LTD, London, 1924, p. 9; from website Daumi…
“Dear Monsieur, I can make a drawing for you; when you have time to see me we will talk about it. I am always at home during the day. I have the honor of greeting you, h. Daumier.”
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) first seen 1843 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Daumier from his handwritten, undated letter, presumably to mr. Deschamps, probably Monday 20 December 1843; from website Daumier
“Paris, 30-7-1843, h. Daumier - I, the undersigned, Honoré Daumier declare to reduce the price of my drawings in lithography, to forty francs the drawing with the condition 1st, that the first 11 stones which I will deliver to 'Charivari' will be paid to me at the old price, that is, fifty francs each. 2° that this reduction will be made to me as long as M Dutacy remains attached to the.. .'Charivari'; this having been made for the sole purpose of being agreeable to him.”
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) first seen 1843 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a handwritten letter, by Daumier, 30 June, 1843; confirming his agreement with Philipon; from website Daumier
“I was sick these days here is what prevented me from delivering my stones last Friday as I promised you I am in the purgations it is better and I hope to send my stones Tuesday at the latest.. .Bien a vous, - h. Daumier”
Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote from an undated letter of Daumier [c. 1850's] to Pierre Véron from website Daumier