Art quote of the day by Edgar Degas: “Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.”
Degas’s quote means that painting can seem easy when you do not know much about it. A beginner may paint freely without worrying about rules such as composition, perspective, or anatomy, which can make the work feel natural and fresh. Since they do not yet know the standards, even mistakes can sometimes look interesting. But…