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

Quote by Edgar Degas

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It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better...

It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better...

One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art...

One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art...

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection...

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection...

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

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

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.

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good...

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good...

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's...

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's...

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very...

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...