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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

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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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