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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.

Edgar Degas

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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
Artist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Engraver
Graphic Artist
Lithographer
Painter
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Poet
Sculptor
Paris
France
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