These women of mine are decent, simple human beings who have no other concern than that of their physical condition... it is… — Edgar Degas Concern Copy Share Image
Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult - the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight. — Edgar Degas Atmosphere Copy Share Image
If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white. — Edgar Degas Black Copy Share Image
It's easy to have talent at 20 but what is difficult is to have talent at 50. — Edgar Degas Difficult Copy Share Image
The air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors. — Edgar Degas Air Copy Share Image
Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too? — Edgar Degas Communication Copy Share Image
One reproduces only that which is striking; that is to say, the necessary. Thus, one's recollections and inventions are liberated from the… — Edgar Degas Inspirational Copy Share Image
Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality. — Edgar Degas Art Copy Share Image
I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall… — Edgar Degas Ends Copy Share Image
It requires courage to make a frontal attack on nature through the broad planes and the large lines and it is cowardly… — Edgar Degas Battle Copy Share Image
No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. — Edgar Degas Art Copy Share Image
The frame is the pimp of painting; it enhances it, but it must never shine at the painting's expense. — Edgar Degas Expenses Copy Share Image
The fascinating thing, is not to show the source of light, but the effect of light. — Edgar Degas Effects Copy Share Image
Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature… — Edgar Degas Art Copy Share Image
The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them. — Edgar Degas Advice Copy Share Image
I really have a lot of stuff in my head; if only there were insurance companies for that as there are for… — Edgar Degas Company Copy Share Image
