Degas
No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters.
~Edgar Degas
Dance Posing for a Photograph
Portrait of Hortense Valpiincon, 1871
The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them.
~Edgar Degas
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Edgar Degas Part 1 of 2
Edgar Degas Part 2 of 2
’Art’ is the same word as ‘artifice,’ that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means.
~Edgar Degas
Woman Ironing, 1876-1877
The Tub, 1886
Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
~Edgar Degas
Background Articles and Videos
The Impressionists BBC (Part 1)
The Impressionists BBC (Part 2)
The Impressionists BBC (Part 3)
