Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroixwas a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth26 April 1798
forty poet twenty
To be a poet at twenty is to be twenty: to be a poet at forty is to be a poet
want doe genius
Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.
time giving produce
We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.
color mirrors brilliant
The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror reflecting the color of its surroundings.
gratitude grateful be-grateful
One must learn to be grateful for one's own findings.
black-and-white color talking
All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary supports, in the same way that it includes chiaroscuro, proportion, and perspective.
feelings finishing suggestions
A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.
draws dictionary
Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.
time thinking soul
Always, at the back of your soul, there is something that says to you, 'Mortal, drawn from eternal life for a short time, think how precious these moments are.
criticism ruts said
Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.
bridges mind painting
I have told myself a hundred times that painting - that is, the material thing called a painting - is no more than a pretext, the bridge between the mind of the painter and the mind of the spectator.
country patriotic paint
If I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her.
ideas soul solitude
Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul Seek solitude.
happiness men self
You increase your self-respect when you feel you've done everything you ought to have done, and if there is nothing else to enjoy, there remains that chief of pleasures, the feeling of being pleased with oneself. A man gets an immense amount of satisfaction from the knowledge of having done good work and of having made the best use of his day, and when I am in this state I find that I thoroughly enjoy my rest and even the mildest forms of recreation.