Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Eve… - Edgar Degas

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Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Even my heart has something artificial. It has been sewn by the dancers in a soft, pink satin purse like their shoes.

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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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Alternative Names: Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas • Ėdgar Dega • Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas • Edgar Dega • Hilarie Germain Edgar Degas • H. G. E. Degas • E. Degas • Hilaire Germain Degas • hilaire germain edgar degas • Te-chia • degas edgar • Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas • h.g.e. degas • edgar hilaire germain degas • h.e.g. degas • Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas • hilaire degas • Jilaira Germain Edgar Degas • hilaire german edgar degas • Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas • Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas • jilaire germain edgar degas degas • Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas Degas • degas e. • degas h.g.e. • hilaire germaine edgar degas • Degas • e. degas • Hillaire germaine edgar degas • Hilaire Germain Edgar De Gas • edgar hillaire germaine degas • Edgar (Hilaire Germain) Degas

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And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin, pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes.

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Le dessin n'est pas la forme, il est la manière de voir la forme.

It is very good to copy what one sees; it is much better to draw what you can't see any more but is in your memory. It is a transformation in which imagination and memory work together. You only reproduce what struck you, that is to say the necessary.

There is a kind of success that is indistinguishable from panic.

Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Even my heart has something artificial. It has been sewn by the dancers in a soft, pink satin… - Edgar Degas

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