Delacroix etait passionnement amoureux de la passion, et froidement determine a chercher les moyens d'exprimer la passion de la maniere la plus visible. Dans ce double caractere, nous trouvons, disons-le en passant, les deux signes qui marquent les plus solides genies, genies extremes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Delacroix was passionately in love with passion and coldly determined to express it as visibly as possible, a duality that marks great, extreme geniuses.
- In plain terms
- Great artists blend passion and discipline.
- What can you take from it?
- Balance emotion with method.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is passion enough without discipline?
- Can discipline stifle passion?
Another view
Not all geniuses need both extremes; many succeed with subtlety.
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