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He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

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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
Photographer
Poet
Sculptor
Paris
France
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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?
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Women can never forgive me they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry.
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I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can tell me what makes a picture beautiful!
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