Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.
Charles BaudelaireFiner than any sand are dusts of gold that gleam, Vague starpoints, in the mystic iris of their eyes.
Charles BaudelaireTo be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the worldโimpartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito.
Charles Baudelaire