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Quote by Edgar Degas
Painting is easy when you dont know how, but very difficult when y

Painting is easy when you dont know how, but very difficult when you do. – Edgar Degas

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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and its charming. – Edgar Degas

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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

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