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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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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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. – Henry James

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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. – George Bernard Shaw

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All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oysters autobiography. – Federico Fellini

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Art is pictures straight from the heart. – Ben, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

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