Eugene Delacroix — French Artist born on April 26, 1798, died on August 13, 1863

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school... (wikipedia)

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
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.
Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.
Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.
Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.