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Eugene Delacroix Quotes

Eugene Delacroix quotes

French Artist April 26, 1798 – August 13, 1863

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The Natural History Museum is open to the public on Tuesdays and Fridays. Elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus; extraordinary animals! Rubens rendered them marvelously. I had a feeling of happiness as soon as I entered the place and the further I went the stronger it grew. I felt my whole being rise above commonplaces and trivialities and the petty worries of my daily life. What an immense variety of animals and species of different shapes and functions! Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the..."
Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life. Eugene Delacroix
If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us. Eugene Delacroix
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it."
Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea..."
What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she..."
Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself. Eugene Delacroix
Men of genius are made not by new ideas, but by an idea which possesses them, namely, that what has been said has not yet been sufficiently said. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in..."
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long."
A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot..."
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "Draftsmen may be made, but colorists are born."
Draftsmen may be made, but colorists are born. Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix quote: "Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it..."
Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can. Eugene Delacroix

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