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

Les artistes qui cherchent la perfection en tout sont ceux qui ne peuvent l'atteindre en aucune partie.

Eugène Delacroix

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Topic

Perfectionism

Author

Eugène Delacroix

Source

Journals of Eugene Delacroix

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Delacroix, Eugène. Journal entry. 14 March 1858.

Current Citation

Delacroix, Eugène. The Journal of Eugène Delacroix: A Selection, translated by Lucy Norton, edited by Hubert Wellington. Phaidon, 1995.

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Oh, the comfort-the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person-having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

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Topic
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Author

Dinah Craik
Source
A Life for a Life
Language
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Time
1859 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Craik, Dinah Mulock. A Life for a Life. B. Tauchnitz, 1859, ch. 16.

Another quote originally in French

Hope raises no dust.

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Topic
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Author

Paul Eluard
Medium
Poem
Language
French
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Eluard, Paul. "Ailleurs, Ici Partout." Poesie ininterrompue. Paris: Gallimard, 1946.