The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
Perfect beauty implies perfect simplicity, a quality that at first sight does not arouse the emotions which we feel before gigantic works,… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
Take hold of objects by their centres, not by their lines of contour... The contour accentuated uniformly and beyond proportion, destroys plasticity,… — 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 Image
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 Image
The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
How can this world, which is so beautiful, include so much horror? — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly. — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
