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

Edgar Degas Quotes

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...