"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 2021

Happy Birthday, Degas

Degas, The Orchestra of the Opera, 1870


Edgar Degas was born on this day in 1834.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty. 

Edgar Degas

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