People call me the painter of dancing girls. It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement and painting pretty clothes. Edgar Degas More Quotes by Edgar Degas More Quotes From Edgar Degas Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see. Edgar Degas dance beauty art The fascinating thing, is not to show the source of light, but the effect of light. Edgar Degas source light shows You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time. Edgar Degas wasting-time waste artist A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people. Edgar Degas vagueness people art Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too? Edgar Degas communication real half The true traveler never arrives. Edgar Degas traveler The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see. Edgar Degas artist doe art C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do). Edgar Degas feels Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Degas painting experience art Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty. Edgar Degas twenties artist fifty If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white. Edgar Degas my-own black-and-white way My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do not see them? . . . I can find the best and clearest words to explain my meaning, and I have spoken to the most intelligent people about art, and they have not understood; but among people who understand, words are not necessary, you say humph, he, ha and everything has been said. Edgar Degas intelligent art thinking Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance. Edgar Degas together night long 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. Edgar Degas details lines battle No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. Edgar Degas study reflection art He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown. Edgar Degas want It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory. Edgar Degas transformation imagination memories The frame is the reward of the artist. Edgar Degas rewards artist Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole. Edgar Degas occupation simple beauty So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run. Edgar Degas telephones rings running
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