Quotes by Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

French artist

Lived from: 1798 - 1863

Category: Artists Country: FlagFrance

Born: 26 april 1798 Died: 13 august 1863

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  • A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.
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  • Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
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  • Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.
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  • Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much.
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  • I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is the seal of the weakness of our race. My soul has wings, but the brutal jailer is strict.
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  • If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.
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  • The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
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  • What makes men of genius, or rather, what they make, is not new ideas, it is that idea - possessing them - that what has been said has still not been said enough.
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What are the most famous quotes from Eugène Delacroix?

The two most famous quotes from Eugène Delacroix are:

  • "A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long."
  • "Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."

When did Eugène Delacroix live?

Eugène Delacroix was born in 1798 and died in the year 1863.