Edgar Degas Quote

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. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory.


Degas [exposition]: (ed. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988) - ISBN: 9780870995194


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. That is a transformation in which...

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. That is a transformation in which...

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. That is a transformation in which...

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. That is a transformation in which...