Eugene Delacroix Quotes

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

Work, Enough, Said

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
Eugene Delacroix

Art, Nothing, Artist

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.
Eugene Delacroix

Life, Work, Good

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.
Eugene Delacroix

Long, Cannot, Simplicity

Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.
Eugene Delacroix

Soul, Show, She

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.
Eugene Delacroix

Life, Simple, Nothing

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.
Eugene Delacroix

Nature, Words, Dictionary

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.
Eugene Delacroix

Whatever, Talent, Genius

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Artist

Born: April 26, 1798

Died: August 13, 1863

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