To be a poet at twenty is to be twenty: to be a poet at forty is to be a poet

Quote by Eugene Delacroix

Topics: Poets Quotes

Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.

Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way...

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way...

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We...

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We...

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way...

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way...

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than...

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is...

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is...

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of...

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it...

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it...

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of...

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of...

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...