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One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.

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My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do not see them?... I can find the best and clearest words to explain my meaning, and I have spoken to the most intelligent people about art, and they have not understood; but among people who understand, words are not necessary, you say humph, he, ha and everything has been said.

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Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it.

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Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means.

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One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which one desires to achieve one day. Without this it is not worthwhile working.

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Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas
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Born: July 19, 1834
Died: September 27, 1917 (aged 83)
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