„I have at last found a suitable spot and settled her. I have already spend a few days working and started eight canvases, which I hope, if the weather favours me, will give an idea of Norway and the environs of Christiania… This morning I was painting under constant falling snow. You would have burst out laughing seeing me white all over, my beard overgrown with icicles.“

— Claude Monet

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„Darling, would you like to grow a beard?''Would you like me to?''It might be fun. I'd like to see you with a beard.''All right. I'll grow one. I'll start now this minute. It's a good idea. It will give me something to do.“
— Ernest Hemingway