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There is no such thing as Intelligence one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing.

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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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Photographer
Poet
Sculptor
Paris
France
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