The beautiful implies a combination of many different qualities. Strength alone, without… — Eugene Delacroix
The beautiful implies a combination of many different qualities. Strength alone, without elegance, etc., is not beauty. In a single word, the broadest definition would be harmony.
In the original French
Le beau implique la réunion de plusieurs qualités: la force toute seule n'est pas la beauté sans la grâce, etc.: en un mot, l'harmonie en serait l'expression la plus large.
1854
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Delacroix, Eugène. The Journal of Eugène Delacroix: A Selection, translated by Lucy Norton, edited by Hubert Wellington. Phaidon, 1995.
Original citation
Delacroix, Eugène. Undated journal entry. c. 1854.
