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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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People call me the painter of dancing girls. It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement and painting pretty clothes.

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Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies.

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I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall suffer for it... painting is one's private life.

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Do portraits of people in familiar and typical attitudes, above all give to their face the same choice of expression that one gives to their body.

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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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