A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.
Edgar DegasWhat a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
Edgar DegasThe museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation.
Edgar Degas