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Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
Edgar Degas
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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
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Paris
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It seems to me that today if the artist wishes to be serious... he must once more sink himself in solitude.
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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.
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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.
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The fascinating thing, is not to show the source of light, but the effect of light.
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You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.
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Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means.
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