Eugene Delacroix Quotes About Weakness

Quotes about: Weakness

• Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant blunders. Entire schools have been founded on misinterpretations of certain aspects of the masters. Lamentable mistakes have resulted from the thoughtless enthusiasm with which men have sought inspiration from the worst qualities of remarkable artists because they are unable to reproduce the sublime elements in their work.

  Eugene Delacroix

  Mistake, Inspiration, School

  "The Journal of Eugene Delacroix : A Selection". Book edited by Hubert Wellington, translated by Lucy Norton, Cornell University Press, January 16, 1860 (p. 391), 1980.

• I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is the seal of the weakness of our race. My soul has wings, but the brutal jailer is strict.

  Eugene Delacroix

  Race, Wings, Soul

  1824 The Journal of Euge'ne Delacroix (translated by W Pach, 1948), entry for 4 Jun.

• Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them... It is at such moments that one fully realizes one's own weaknesses.

  Eugene Delacroix

  Heart, Decision, Weakness

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