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E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: The air we see in the paintings of

The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: I have seen some very beautiful things through

I have seen some very beautiful things through my anger, and what consoles me a little, is that through my anger I do not stop looking... — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: No art is less spontaneous than mine. What

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Doris Lanier: Manet also had an argument with Degas, the

Manet also had an argument with Degas, the end result being that they each returned paintings that they had previous given to each other. — Doris Lanier

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: A picture is an artificial work, outside nature.

A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: I should like to be famous and unknown.

I should like to be famous and unknown. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous

Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: The frame is the pimp of painting; it

The frame is the pimp of painting; it enhances it, but it must never shine at the painting's expense. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: One must do the same subject over again

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

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: The true traveler never arrives.

The true traveler never arrives. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Daylight is too easy. What I want is

Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult - the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: It's easy to have talent at 20 but

It's easy to have talent at 20 but what is difficult is to have talent at 50. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Truth is never ugly when one can find

Truth is never ugly when one can find in it what one needs. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By John Berger: The human quality Degas most admired was endurance.

The human quality Degas most admired was endurance. — John Berger

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: The secret is to follow the advice the

The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can

I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can tell me what makes a picture beautiful! — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Taste! It doesn't exist. An artist makes beautiful

Taste! It doesn't exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness,

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

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: What a delightful thing is the conversation of

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Make people's portraits in familiar and typical attitudes.

Make people's portraits in familiar and typical attitudes. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: I don't admit that a woman draws that

I don't admit that a woman draws that well! — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: In painting you must give the idea of

In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: So that's the telephone? They ring, and you

So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Only when he no longer knows what he

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: There is no such thing as Intelligence; one

There is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: It is people's movement that consoles us. If

It is people's movement that consoles us. If the leaves of a tree did not move, how sad would be the tree - and so should we. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Art is not what you see, but what

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Nothing in art should seem accidental, not even

Nothing in art should seem accidental, not even movement — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Your pictures would have been finished a long

Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money. — Edgar Degas

E Degas Quotes By Edgar Degas: Women can never forgive me; they hate me,

Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry. — Edgar Degas