What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice.
The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
...an industry which can furnish results identical to nature must be the absolute in art.
The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.
Woman is natural, that is to say, abominable.
Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.