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Once they witnessed one of his painting sold at auction for $100,000. And asked how you do it, he said, 'I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey.'

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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
Artist
Draftsperson
Drawer
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Paris
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For those who don't know what they are doing, painting is easy. For those who do know what they are doing, painting is difficult.
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I should like to be famous and unknown.
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