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Art1 quote
The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes. — Eugene Delacroix · 1863Artistic development1 quote
Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details. — Eugene Delacroix · 1823Beauty1 quote
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. — Eugene Delacroix · 1854Happiness1 quote
Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details. — Eugene Delacroix · 1823Nature of beauty1 quote
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. — Eugene Delacroix · 1854Orderliness1 quote
Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details. — Eugene Delacroix · 1823Organization1 quote
Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details. — Eugene Delacroix · 1823Painting1 quote
The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes. — Eugene Delacroix · 1863Perfectionism1 quote
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing. — Eugene Delacroix · 1850Purpose of art1 quote
The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes. — Eugene Delacroix · 1863Self-improvement1 quote
Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details. — Eugene Delacroix · 1823