The shop-talk of Edgar Degas
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Source: The private Degas
“Even in front of nature one must compose.”
Source: Degas by Degas
Source: Edgar Degas: Paintings
Source: Degas by Degas
“The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe.”
“Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance.”
“Great patience is called for on the hard path that I have entered on.”
Source: Degas by Degas
“I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey.”
Source: Drawings
Source: Edgar Degas
“Truth is never ugly when one can find in it what one needs.”
Source: Edgar Degas, Photographer
“The air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors.”
“I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can tell me what makes a picture beautiful!”
Source: Degas by Degas
“Be sure to give the same expression to a person's face that you give to his body.”
Source: The shop-talk of Edgar Degas
Source: Edgar-Hilaire-Germain Degas
“If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white.”
Source: Degas
“There is love, and there is work; and we have only one heart.”
“The fascinating thing, is not to show the source of light, but the effect of light.”
“Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture.”
“It's easy to have talent at 20 but what is difficult is to have talent at 50.”
Source: Edgar Degas
“C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).”