A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches from nature, of course it doesn't spoil anything.


Degas by Degas (ed. 1990)

Edgar Degas Quotes

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches...

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches...

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches...

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches...