• Cassatt admired Degas, whose pastels had made a powerful impression on her when she encountered them in an Paris' art dealer's window in 1875. She accepted Degas' invitation later with enthusiasm, to participate in the next Impressionist show, planned for 1878
I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his [Degas'] art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his [Degas'] art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it." in the context of "Quote of Mary Cassatt, memory c. 1890's; as quoted by Nancy Mowll in Mary Cassatt: A Life, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998 - ISBN 978-0-585-36794-1, p. 114
• Cassatt admired Degas, whose pastels had made a powerful impression on her when she encountered them in an Paris' art dealer's window in 1875. She accepted Degas' invitation later with enthusiasm, to participate in the next Impressionist show, planned for 1878" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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