The so-called conscientiousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring. — Eugene Delacroix Art Copy Share Image
“What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.” — Eugène Delacroix Genius Copy Share Image
A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product. — Eugene Delacroix Expressive 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,… — Eugene Delacroix Believe Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with… — Eugene Delacroix I can Copy Share Image
It is often we come the closest to the essence of an artist... in his or her pocket notebooks and travel sketchbooks...… — Eugene Delacroix Art Copy Share Image
The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror… — Eugene Delacroix Brilliant Copy Share Image
Delsarte tells me that Mozart stole outrageously from Galuppi, in the same way, I suppose, that Molière stole from anybody anywhere, if… — Eugene Delacroix Found Copy Share Image
Always, at the back of your soul, there is something that says to you, 'Mortal, drawn from eternal life for a short… — Eugene Delacroix Death 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… — Eugene Delacroix Genius Copy Share Image
There is a man whose qualities can be savored by people who are getting old... The painter qualities are carried to the… — Eugene Delacroix Artist Copy Share Image
At a distance this fine oak seems to be of ordinary size. But if I place myself under its branches, the impression… — Eugene Delacroix Bigs Copy Share Image
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has… — Eugene Delacroix Enough 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… — Eugene Delacroix Doors Copy Share Image
Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account of its… — Eugene Delacroix Accounts Copy Share Image
I have told myself a hundred times that painting - that is, the material thing called a painting - is no more… — Eugene Delacroix Artist Copy Share Image
I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is… — Eugene Delacroix Body Copy Share Image
