I find the following statement written by Eugene Delacroix in his1824 journal to be very thought - provoking. "Painting, like music, is higher than thought; and both are superior to literature in their vagueness." Athough I do consider music to be the most abstract of the arts, I hadn't thought of it as being 'higher' than literature or thought.Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Delacroix
I find the following statement written by Eugene Delacroix in his1824 journal to be very thought - provoking. "Painting, like music, is higher than thought; and both are superior to literature in their vagueness." Athough I do consider music to be the most abstract of the arts, I hadn't thought of it as being 'higher' than literature or thought.
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