Facts about Edgar Degas

Occup.Artist
FromFrance
BornJuly 19, 1834
DiedSeptember 27, 1917
Aged83 years

Summary

Edgar Degas was a famous Artist from France, who lived between July 19, 1834 and September 27, 1917. He/she became 83 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective. Our collection contains 10 quotes who is written / told by Edgar, under the main topic Art.

Related authors: Edward Hopper (Artist)

10 Famous quotes by Edgar Degas

Small: It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in ones
"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"
Small: Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty
"Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty"
Small: Art is not what you see, but what you make others see
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see"
Small: One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an acc
"One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement"
Small: Painting is easy when you dont know how, but very difficult when you do
"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do"
Small: What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and its
"What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming"
Small: Art is vice. You dont marry it legitimately, you rape it
"Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it"
Small: Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things
"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things"
Small: No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great
"No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters"
Small: In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false
"In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false"