The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the… - Edgar Degas
" "The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation.
About Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), was a French painter, print-maker and sculptor. He was moreover an active organizer of several Impressionist exhibitions, but never painted 'plain air' himself.
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