Degas Quotes

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

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

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.

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

A nude by Degas is chaste. But his women wash in tubs!

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