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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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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
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Paris
France
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Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.
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He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.
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Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it.
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So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run.
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The frame is the reward of the artist.
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I really have a lot of stuff in my head if only there were insurance companies for that as there are for so many things.
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I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can tell me what makes a picture beautiful!
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