“The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good in itself, that has virtue, albeit the virtue there is in mere illusions. Nature gives us this life like a toy to a weak child. We want to see how it all works; we break everything. There remains in our hands, and before our eyes, stupid and opened too late, the sterile wreckage, fragments that will not again make a whole. The good is so simple.”
Quote by Eugene Delacroix
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Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix was a French Romantic painter known for his expressive brushwork and dramatic compositions. He is considered one of the most important figures in the history of French painting and his work had a significant influence on the development of modern art. more
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