What can be more intriguing, confounding and joyous than painting people? Even if one out of ten satisfies, it's worth it. Babies, always beautiful though often not pretty, facinated many artists. Cassatt, not a mother, idealized children. Morisot's honest depictions of her daughter touched the heart. Michelangelo's "Pieta" said all there was about a mother's love, after that we just try our best.

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