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Edgar Degas Quotes

One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement Picture Quote #1

One reproduces only that which is striking; that is to say, the necessary. Thus, one’s recollections and inventions are liberated from the tyranny which nature exerts Picture Quote #1

What use is my mind? Granted that it enables me to hail a bus and to pay my fare. But once I am inside my studio, what use is my mind? I have my model, my pencil, my paints. My mind doesn’t interest me Picture Quote #1

I don’t admit that a woman draws that well! Picture Quote #1

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do Picture Quote #1

The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them Picture Quote #1

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A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy Picture Quote #1

An artist must approach his work in the spirit of the criminal about to commit a crime Picture Quote #1

My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do not see them?... I can find the best and clearest words to explain my meaning, and I have spoken to the most intelligent people about art, and they have not understood; but among people who understand, words are not necessary, you say humph, he, ha and everything has been said Picture Quote #1

So that’s the telephone? They ring, and you run Picture Quote #1

I should like to be famous and unknown Picture Quote #1

I want to be famous but unknown! Picture Quote #1

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It requires courage to make a frontal attack on nature through the broad planes and the large lines and it is cowardly to do it by the facets and details. It is a battle Picture Quote #1

Make people’s portraits in familiar and typical attitudes Picture Quote #1

Art is vice. One does not wed it, one rapes it Picture Quote #1

The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation Picture Quote #1

The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see Picture Quote #1

I’m glad I haven’t found my style yet. I’d be bored to death Picture Quote #1

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I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey Picture Quote #1

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things Picture Quote #1

A picture is a thing which requires as much knavery, as much malice, and as much vice as the perpetration of a crime. Make it untrue and add an accent of truth Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) One reproduces only that which is striking; that is to say, the necessary. Thus, one’s recollections and inventions are liberated from the tyranny which nature exerts (Edgar Degas Quotes) What use is my mind? Granted that it enables me to hail a bus and to pay my fare. But once I am inside my studio, what use is my mind? I have my model, my pencil, my paints. My mind doesn’t interest me (Edgar Degas Quotes) I don’t admit that a woman draws that well! (Edgar Degas Quotes) Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do (Edgar Degas Quotes) The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them (Edgar Degas Quotes) A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy (Edgar Degas Quotes) An artist must approach his work in the spirit of the criminal about to commit a crime (Edgar Degas Quotes) My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do not see them?... I can find the best and clearest words to explain my meaning, and I have spoken to the most intelligent people about art, and they have not understood; but among people who understand, words are not necessary, you say humph, he, ha and everything has been said (Edgar Degas Quotes) So that’s the telephone? They ring, and you run (Edgar Degas Quotes) I should like to be famous and unknown (Edgar Degas Quotes) I want to be famous but unknown! (Edgar Degas Quotes) It requires courage to make a frontal attack on nature through the broad planes and the large lines and it is cowardly to do it by the facets and details. It is a battle (Edgar Degas Quotes) Make people’s portraits in familiar and typical attitudes (Edgar Degas Quotes) Art is vice. One does not wed it, one rapes it (Edgar Degas Quotes) The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation (Edgar Degas Quotes) The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see (Edgar Degas Quotes) I’m glad I haven’t found my style yet. I’d be bored to death (Edgar Degas Quotes) I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey (Edgar Degas Quotes) Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things (Edgar Degas Quotes) A picture is a thing which requires as much knavery, as much malice, and as much vice as the perpetration of a crime. Make it untrue and add an accent of truth (Edgar Degas Quotes)

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