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Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money.

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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
Artist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Engraver
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Lithographer
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Poet
Sculptor
Paris
France
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Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance.
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I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can tell me what makes a picture beautiful!
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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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