I am scared; I don't know w... by Camille Claudel, a French Sculptor

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“I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it.”

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Camille Claudel

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Name: Camille Claudel

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Dec 8, 1864

Date of Death: Oct 19, 1943

Profession: Sculptor

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