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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 their dancing shoes.
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A picture is something which requires as much knavery, trickery, and deceit as the perpetration of a crime. Paint falsely, and then add the accent of nature.
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Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money.
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Edgar Degas
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Born:
July 19, 1834
Died:
September 27, 1917
(aged 83)
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Edgar Degas was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.
Known for:
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years (1881)
The Dance Class (1874)
The Belleli Family (1867)
Ballet Rehearsal (1873)
Interior (1869)
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