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It requires courage to make a frontal attack on nature through the broad planes and the large lines and it is cowardly to do it by the facets and details. It is a battle.

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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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