# Thought for the Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/412370>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 19, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/412370 "2007-07-19T12:45:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/412370/1 "2007-07-19T12:45:41Z")

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“What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing, and it’s charming.” ~ Edgar Degas

Happy birthday, Ed! (1834)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/412370/2 "2007-07-19T21:19:52Z")

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While Degas is best known for his pictures of dancers, [this view of the Cotton Exchange in New Orleans](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Edgar_Germain_Hilaire_Degas_016.jpg/760px-Edgar_Germain_Hilaire_Degas_016.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Edgar_Germain_Hilaire_Degas_016.jpg&h=600&w=760&sz=110&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=mU8NKjujVDL49M:&tbnh=112&tbnw=142&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEdgar%2BDegas%2BCotton%2BExchange%2BNew%2BOrleans%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX) is my favorite work of his. As [this page](http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/295/7/728) discusses, several of the painter’s relatives are featured in the scene.