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Edgar Degas Quotes

Edgar Degas quotes

French Artist July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917

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Art critic! Is that a profession? When I think we are stupid enough, we painters, to solicit those people's compliments and to put ourselves into their hands! What shame! Should we even accept that they talk about our work? Edgar Degas
One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result..."
No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter..."
Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "Art is vice. You don't wed it, you rape it."
Art is vice. You don't wed it, you rape it. Edgar Degas
It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory. Edgar Degas
And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin, pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "I want to be famous but unknown!"
I want to be famous but unknown! Edgar Degas
A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it."
Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the..."
In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists!..."
What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult..."
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas quote: "Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have..."
Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty. Edgar Degas

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