Quote from: Imagination Topic

It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdgar Degas
  • DescriptionFrench artist
  • AliasesHilaire Germain Edgar de Gas
  • BornJuly 19, 1834
  • DiedSeptember 27, 1917
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPainter; Sculptor; Poet
  • WorksCount Lepic And His Daughters; Après Le Bain, Femme Nue S'essuyant La Nuque; Young Spartans Exercising