Creative Quotations from . . .
Eugene Delacroix
(1798-1863) born on
Apr 26
French painter. He was a leading Romantic painter known his for Moroccan scenes and vivid colors.
         
   
F
Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

R
"The source of genius is imagination alone, . . . the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently."
A
"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."
N
Experience has two things to teach: The first is that we must correct a great deal; the second that we must not correct too much.
K
"One always has to spoil a picture a little bit, in order to finish it."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Artists in Quotation," by Donna Ward La Cour, 1989."
R: From an Internet collection of quotations.
A: ""The Journal of EugSne Delacroix," entry for 15 May 1824."
N: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
   



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