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If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white.
Edgar Degas
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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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Sculptor
Paris
France
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Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance.
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