"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

19 July 2013

Happy birthday, Degas.

Degas, Field of Flax, 1892


Edgar Degas was born on this date in 1834.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people. Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things. 

- Edgar Degas

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