What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

Quote by Eugene Delacroix

Topics: Art Quotes, Expression Quotes, Genius Quotes, Ideas Quotes, Originality Quotes

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

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...

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

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

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

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...

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.

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 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.

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...