The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. — Eugene Delacroix
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
In the original French
Les artistes qui cherchent la perfection en tout sont ceux qui ne peuvent l'atteindre en aucune partie.
1850
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Current citation
Delacroix, Eugène. The Journal of Eugène Delacroix: A Selection, translated by Lucy Norton, edited by Hubert Wellington. Phaidon, 1995.
Original citation
Delacroix, Eugène. Journal entry. 14 March 1858.
