[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