It requires courage to make a frontal attack on nature through the broad planes and the large lines and it is cowardly to do it by the facets and details. It is a battle.
Edgar DegasOnce they witnessed one of his painting sold at auction for $100,000. And asked how you do it, he said, 'I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey.'
Edgar DegasThere is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing.
Edgar DegasC'est vrai. Voilรก quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).
Edgar Degas