Degas Quotes

Degas Quote of the day

There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.

I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas.

When a figure painter executes a landscape he treats it as if it were a face; Degas' landscapes are unparalleled because they are visionary landscapes.

The first sight of Degas' pictures was the turning point of my artistic life.

Degas is a master of creating compositions that don't look composed.

I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,' which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque.

What Degas called 'a way of seeing' must consequently bear a wide enough interpretation to include way of being, power, knowledge, and will.

I want to be famous but unknown!

Degas is one of the very few painters who have given the floor its true importance.

Art is not what you see but what you make others see