What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. (Eugène Delacroix)

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

Eugène Delacroix

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