Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Eugène Delacroix
Born: April 26, 1798
Died: August 13, 1863 (aged 65)
Bio: Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.
Known for:
- Liberty Leading the People (1830)
- The Death of Sardanapalus (1827)
- The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- Women of Algiers (1834)
- The Barque of Dante (1822)
Eugène Delacroix Quotes