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Quote by Edgar Degas
I assure you that no art was ever less spontaneous than mine.
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The speaker says their art is highly deliberate rather than instinctive or improvised. “Less spontaneous” means the work depends on planning, control, and careful making, not on ideas appearing effortlessly. The statement strongly rejects the idea that the art is produced without thought or preparation.
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