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

Quote by Edgar Degas

Topics: Art Quotes, Inspiration Quotes, Painting Quotes

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

There is no must in art because art is free.

There is no must in art because art is free.

I should get a college art credit for the masterpieces I have drawn on my...

I should get a college art credit for the masterpieces I have drawn on my...

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

Nature is a haunted house..but Art is a house that tries to be haunted.

Nature is a haunted house..but Art is a house that tries to be haunted.

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a...

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint