Oh! Women can never forgive me. They hate me, they can feel… - Edgar Degas

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Oh! Women can never forgive me. They hate me, they can feel that I ‘m disarming them. I show them without their coquetry, in the states of animals cleaning themselves... ...I'm sure of it; they see me as the enemy. Fortunately, since if they did like me, that would be the end of me.

Edgar Degas

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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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Women can never forgive me; they hate me, they feel I am disarming them. I show them without their coquetry.

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I, marry? Oh, I could never bring myself to do it. I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, "That's a pretty little thing," after I had finished a picture.

I assure you no art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament — temperament is the word — I know nothing.

Even working from nature you have to compose.

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