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I should like to be famous and unknown.
Edgar Degas
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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
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An artist must approach his work in the spirit of the criminal about to commit a crime.
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The frame is the reward of the artist.
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The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them.
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Be sure to give the same expression to a person's face that you give to his body.
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