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“You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.
— Edgar Degas
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a remark to E. Rouart [son of Henri Rouart in 1904; as quoted in Renoir – his life and work, Francois Fosca, Book Club Associates /Thames and Hudson Ltd, London 1975, p. 274
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Photo: Radomianin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: Edgar Degas (1834–1917) (Public domain)
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