In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false

Quote by Edgar Degas

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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring...

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring...

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...

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...