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.
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.
ideas soul solitude
Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul Seek solitude.
keys doors turns
Every time I await a model, even when I am most pressed to time, I am overjoyed when the time comes and I tremble when I hear the key turn in the door.
being-alone solitude stronger
The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer.
soul desire battle
The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning to produce in all ways, to battle as much as possible against time that drags us along, and the distractions that throw a veil over our soul.
spirit language speak
It is only possible to speak in the language and in the spirit of one's time.
sublime want enough
Curiously enough, the Sublime is generally achieved through want of proportion.