Art is vice. You dont marry it legitimately, you rape it. – 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
Taste! It doesnt exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it. – Edgar Degas
Painting is easy when you dont know how, but very difficult when you do. – Edgar Degas
My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers. – Imelda Marcos