The human quality Degas most admired was endurance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.
Endurance, after all, is the only reason we even exist. We think of ourselves as nature's deadliest animals, but the truth is, a naked human is the biggest wimp in the wild. We have no fangs, no claws, no strength, and no speed.
Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not a balletomane looking for an alternative world to escape into. Dance offered him a display in which he could find, after much searching, certain human secrets.
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
Endurance is patience concentrated.
Prolonged endurance tames the bold.
Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.
In Degas's compositions with several dancers, their steps, postures and gestures often resemble the almost geometric, formal letters of an alphabet, whereas their bodies and heads are recalcitrant, sinuous and individual.
Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.
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