Notes from Wikiquote
Degas made this remark about Corot to Pissarro at the preview exhibition of the 'Jules Paton sale' in Paris, 24 April 1883 and overheard by Corot's biographer Alfred Robaut .
More quotes by Edgar Degas
What a pity we allowed ourselves to be called Impressionists.
Drawing is not the same as form; it is a way of seeing form.
I believe Corot painted a tree better that any of us, but still I find him superior in his figures.
The air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors.
Attribution
Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Edgar Degas (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.