All Edgar Degas Quotes
- 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… Call
- Nothing in art should seem accidental, not even movement Accidental
- 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… Audience
- Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult - the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight. Atmosphere
- Once they witnessed one of his painting sold at auction for $100,000. And asked how you do it, he said, 'I feel as a horse… Art
- A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy. All
- Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality. Artist
- People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself. Call
- The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see. Art
- The frame is the reward of the artist. Artist
- 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… Accents
- One does not marry art. One ravishes it. Art
- Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature. Boredom
- Instantaneity is photography. Funny
- Taste! It doesn't exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it. Artist
- There is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing. Funny
- There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed. Barely
- The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them. Advice
- Art is really a battle. Art
- 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 sharpens… All