Perhaps the sketch of a work is so pleasing because everyone can finish it as he chooses. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
One always has to spoil a picture a little bit, in order to finish it. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
“Men of genius are made not by new ideas, but by an idea which possesses them, namely, that what has been said has not… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
Every time I await a model, even when I am most pressed to time, I am overjoyed when the time comes and I tremble… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
Can any man say with certainty that he was happy at a particular moment of time which he remembers as being delightful? Remembering it… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share
