The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he must make others see. Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. A picture is first of all a product of… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, 'That's a pretty little thing,' after I had… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
There is too much talk and gossip; pictures are apparently made, like stock-market prices, by competition of people eager for profits... All this traffic… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
