Works
Le Gray documented French monuments on a mission for the French government. He was a successful portrait photographer, capturing figures such as Napoleon III and Edward VII of the United Kingdom. He also became famous for his seascapes, or marine. From the twenty years that he spent in Cairo there are few works.
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Famous quotes containing the word works:
“In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)
“To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“The subterranean miner that works in us all, how can one tell whither leads his shaft by the ever shifting, muffled sound of his pick?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)