Painting is easy when you dont know how, but very difficult when you do. – Edgar Degas
It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in ones memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory. – Edgar Degas
What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and its charming. – Edgar Degas
My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged. – Jimmy Wales