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Inspirational Quotes by Eugene Delacroix
- If I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her.
- The source of genius is imagination alone.
- We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.
- Nature creates unity even in the parts of a whole.
- Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.
- Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.
- The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly.
- If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.
- The secret of not having worries, for me at least, is to have ideas.
- Draughtsmen may be made, but colourists are born.
- When a thing bores you, do not do it.
- A wife of your own stature is the greatest of all blessings.
- Perhaps the sketch of a work is so pleasing because everyone can finish it as he chooses.
- What I have done cannot be taken from me.
- It is only possible to speak in the language and in the spirit of one's time.
- Seeing artistically does not happen automatically. We must constantly develop our powers of observation.
- To be understood a writer has to explain almost everything.
- The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
- The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer.
- Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.
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