People call me the painter of dancing girls. It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement and painting pretty clothes. Degas: An Intimate Portrait (1927)
I'm glad to say I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death. Degas: An Intimate Portrait (1927)
I, marry? Oh, I could never bring myself to do it. I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, "That's a pretty little thing," after I had finished a picture. Degas: An Intimate Portrait (1927)
If I were the government I would have a special brigade of gendarmes to keep an eye on artists who paint landscapes from nature. Oh, I don't mean to kill anyone; just a little dose of bird-shot now and then as a warning. Degas: An Intimate Portrait (1927)