“Even when we look at nature, our imagination constructs the picture.”
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Famous Eugene Delacroix Quotes
“[Photography is] in some ways false just because it is so exact.”
“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.”
“Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men.”
“Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.”
“If I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her.”
“The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.”
“Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life.”
“What is real for me are the illusions I create with my paintings. Everything else is quicksand.”
“The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly.”
“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.”
“Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.”
“The secret of not having worries, for me at least, is to have ideas.”
“I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal.”
“A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.”
“A wife of your own stature is the greatest of all blessings.”
“One always has to spoil a picture a little bit, in order to finish it.”
“How can this world, which is so beautiful, include so much horror?”