“The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly.” ShouldEyeLasts Author:Eugene Delacroix
“I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return to the point of departure.” BelieveI BelieveProgressReturnSafeDepartureNegation Author:Eugene Delacroix
“If you are not skillful enough to sketch a man jumping out of a window in the time it takes him to fall from the fourth storey to the ground, you will never be able to produce great works.” IfsMenEnoughAbleFallProduceWindowFourthJumpingGreat WorkSkillful Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Everyone knows that yellow, orange, and red suggest ideas of joy and plenty. I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will.” KnowsI CanIdeasJoyRedSkinsLet MePaintPlentySurroundYellowMudOrangeVenusRed And Yellow Author:Eugene Delacroix
“The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning to produce in all ways, to battle as much as possible against time that drags us along, and the distractions that throw a veil over our soul.” WaySoulDesireProduceBattleInfiniteOutcomesDistractionVoidYearningDragVeils Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.” BehindsLag Author:Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
“Never lose the first impression which has moved you.” FirstsLosesMovedImpressionFirst Impression Author:Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
“The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.” Life IsChallengesAcceptingCourageKeysStrategySelf ConfidenceLife ChallengesFacing ChallengesDifficult ChallengesAccepting LifeFacing LifeDaily Challenges Author:Bette Davis
“Art is nature as seen through a temperament.” ArtArt IsTemperament Author:Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot