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A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.
Edgar Degas
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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
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Draftsperson
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Paris
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The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation.
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The fascinating thing, is not to show the source of light, but the effect of light.
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