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Edgar Degas Quotes

Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money Picture Quote #1

You have to have a high conception, not of what you are doing, but of what you may do one day: without that, there’s no point in working Picture Quote #1

Work a great deal at evening effects, lamplight, candlelight, etc. The intriguing thing is not to show the source of the light but the effect of the lighting Picture Quote #1

The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he must make others see. Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy. If then two or three natural accents can be added, obviously no harm is done. The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe 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

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

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People call me the painter of dancing girls. It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement and painting pretty clothes Picture Quote #1

The air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors Picture Quote #1

Painting is not very difficult when you don’t know how; but when you know, oh! Then, it’s another matter Picture Quote #1

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it’s charming Picture Quote #1

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

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

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No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters Picture Quote #1

Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole Picture Quote #1

I always urged my contemporaries to look for interest and inspiration to the development and study of drawing, but they would not listen. They thought the road to salvation lay by the way of colour Picture Quote #1

Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies 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

I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall suffer for it... painting is one’s private life Picture Quote #1

It seems to me that today if the artist wishes to be serious... he must once more sink himself in solitude Picture Quote #1

What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things Picture Quote #1

I felt so insufficiently equipped, so unprepared, so weak, and at the same time it seemed to me that my reflections on art were correct. I quarreled with all the world and with myself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry Picture Quote #1

I, marry? Oh, I could never bring myself to do it. I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, that’s a pretty little thing, after I had finished a picture Picture Quote #1

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

A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime Picture Quote #1

I really have a lot of stuff in my head; if only there were insurance companies for that as there are for so many things Picture Quote #1

Be sure to give the same expression to a person’s face that you give to his body Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) You have to have a high conception, not of what you are doing, but of what you may do one day: without that, there’s no point in working (Edgar Degas Quotes) Work a great deal at evening effects, lamplight, candlelight, etc. The intriguing thing is not to show the source of the light but the effect of the lighting (Edgar Degas Quotes) The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he must make others see. Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy. If then two or three natural accents can be added, obviously no harm is done. The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe (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) I’m glad I haven’t found my style yet. I’d be bored to death (Edgar Degas Quotes) People call me the painter of dancing girls. It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement and painting pretty clothes (Edgar Degas Quotes) The air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors (Edgar Degas Quotes) Painting is not very difficult when you don’t know how; but when you know, oh! Then, it’s another matter (Edgar Degas Quotes) What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it’s charming (Edgar Degas Quotes) Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things (Edgar Degas Quotes) The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see (Edgar Degas Quotes) No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters (Edgar Degas Quotes) Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole (Edgar Degas Quotes) I always urged my contemporaries to look for interest and inspiration to the development and study of drawing, but they would not listen. They thought the road to salvation lay by the way of colour (Edgar Degas Quotes) Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry (Edgar Degas Quotes) 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 Quotes) Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies (Edgar Degas Quotes) I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey (Edgar Degas Quotes) I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall suffer for it... painting is one’s private life (Edgar Degas Quotes) It seems to me that today if the artist wishes to be serious... he must once more sink himself in solitude (Edgar Degas Quotes) What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things (Edgar Degas Quotes) I felt so insufficiently equipped, so unprepared, so weak, and at the same time it seemed to me that my reflections on art were correct. I quarreled with all the world and with myself (Edgar Degas Quotes) 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 Quotes) Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry (Edgar Degas Quotes) I, marry? Oh, I could never bring myself to do it. I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, that’s a pretty little thing, after I had finished a picture (Edgar Degas Quotes) I’m glad to say I haven’t found my style yet. I’d be bored to death (Edgar Degas Quotes) A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime (Edgar Degas Quotes) I really have a lot of stuff in my head; if only there were insurance companies for that as there are for so many things (Edgar Degas Quotes) Be sure to give the same expression to a person’s face that you give to his body (Edgar Degas Quotes)

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