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Edgar Degas

EDGAR DEGAS ~ MY ARTIFICIAL HEART

in Quoting the Artist ~ Thoughts and Thinking... by

“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.”
― Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

The Entrance of the Masked Dancers, c. 1884.

VLADIMIR ODOEVSKY ~ THE SOULLESS

in Art & the Unconscious Mind by

“The soulless have no need of melancholia”
― Vladimir Odoevsky

Edgar Degas, Melancholy, 1874

EDGAR DEGAS ~ ART AND MYSTERY

in Quoting the Artist ~ Thoughts and Thinking... by

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

The Dance Class (La Classe de Danse),

1873–1876


Edgar Degas,
“Four Dancers,” 1899.

EDGAR DEGAS ~ THE MYSTERY OF A PAINTING

in Art & the Unconscious Mind/Passion Of Art by

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

Edgar Degas

Self portrait 1855

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