1. degas - Noun
2. degas - Verb
French impressionist painter (1834-1917)
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Source: WordNetI really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,' which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque. Cathy Marie Buchanan
At an exhibition in London, one sagacious critic wrote: 'Monsieur Degas seems a good pupil of Nittis!' Doesn't this reflect that mania which men of letters have for squabbling in court over who had a given idea first? And the mania spreads to painters who take great care of their originality. Paul Gauguin
You should write about me, just like you did about Degas (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek) Jozef Israëls
Degas was discussing poetry with Mallarmé; "It isn't ideas I'm short of... I've got too many", said Degas. "But Degas," replied Mallarmé, "you can't make a poem with ideas. ... You make it with words. Stéphane Mallarmé
Seurat's art is an astonishing achievement for so a young painter. At thirty-one - Seurat's age when he died in 1891 - Degas and Cézanne had not [yet] shown their measure. But Seurat was a complete artist at twenty-five when he painted the 'Grande Jatte'. Georges Seurat
Although Cassatt's warm feelings for Degas were to last her entire life, she never again worked with him as closely as she had over the prints journal. Source: Internet