All Edgar Degas Quotes
- I don't admit that a woman draws that well! Admit
- What use is my mind? Granted that it enables me to hail a bus and to pay my fare. But once I am inside my… Bus
- The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe. Air
- Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance. All
- Great patience is called for on the hard path that I have entered on. Called
- If I were in the government I would have a brigade of policemen assigned to keeping an eye on people who paint landscapes outdoors. Oh,… Anyone
- Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies. All
- I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey. Beautiful
- the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation. Anyone
- I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall suffer for it...… End
- It seems to me that today if the artist wishes to be serious... he must once more sink himself in solitude. Artist
- Truth is never ugly when one can find in it what one needs. Find
- One reproduces only that which is striking; that is to say, the necessary. Thus, one's recollections and inventions are liberated from the tyranny which nature… Exerts
- Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. Art
- Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. Art
- 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.… All
- Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it. Art
- Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. Art
- Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty. Artist
- No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. Art
- What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. Absolutely
- And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin, pink satin slightly faded, like… Artificial
- I want to be famous but unknown! Famous
- C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do). Comme
- A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people Always Make