Do you like art? My favorite artist is Degas.  
i do! edgar degas was a very talented french artist
I like the paintings he did of the dancers. When I was little, my grandmother had a print of one hung by her front door. I must have walked by it a thousand times when I was a kid. 
i was surprised to find out that he never married
I didn't know that. I don't actually know much about him as a person. 
another interesting fact is that he was anti-semitic
Oh wow I did not know that at all. Was that something he was public about, or is it something that is just speculated? 
apparently it was known but not widely known. his family had business difficulties because of jewish competitors
That's disappointing to learn. 
unfortunately people are a product of their environment. he still made wonderful art