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What a pity we allowed ourselves to be called Impressionists.

— Edgar Degas

Comme nous avons mal fait de nous laisser appeler Impressionistes.

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He [ Corot ] is always the strongest, he has foreseen everything.

Drawing is not the same as form; it is a way of seeing form.

Degas Dance Drawing (1935)

You need the natural life; I, the artificial.

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.

An Intimate Portrait (1927)

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