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Edgar Degas Quotes: If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white.
         

If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white.


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Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.



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A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.



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.

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.



Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?



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Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.



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No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.



Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.



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