Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degaswas a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist. He was a superb draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be seen in his renditions of dancers, racecourse subjects and female nudes. His portraits are notable...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth19 July 1834
CityParis, France
Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole.
A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy.
I'm glad I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.
C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).
If I were in the government I would have a brigade of policemen assigned to keeping an eye on people who paint landscapes outdoors. Oh, I wouldn't want anyone killed. I'd be satisfied with just a little buckshot to begin with.
Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel that I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry.
Truth is never ugly when one can find in it what one needs.
Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.
You have to have a high conception, not of what you are doing, but of what you may do one day: without that, there's no point in working.
Monet's pictures are always too draughty for me.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
I want to be famous but unknown!
A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people