142 Quotes by Edgar Degas

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

I want to be famous but unknown!

Art is vice. You don't wed it, you rape it.

Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance...

So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run.

We were created to look at one another, weren't we

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people

The creation of a painting takes as much trickery and premeditation as the commitment of a crime.

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.