[Corot] has the devil to seldom within him. However inadequate and even unjust this expression may be, I chose it as approximately giving the reason which prevents this serious artist from dazzling and astonishing us. He does astonish – I freely admit – but slowly; he does enchant – little by little; but you have to know how to penetrate into the science of his art.. ..an infallible strictness of harmony.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[Corot] has the devil to seldom within him. However inadequate and even unjust this expression may be, I chose it as approximately giving the reason which prevents this serious artist from dazzling and astonishing us. He does astonish – I freely admit – but slowly; he does enchant – little by little; but you have to know how to penetrate into the science of his art.. ..an infallible strictness of harmony." in the context of "Quote by Charles Baudelaire, in his 'Salon de 1859'; as quoted by Colin B. Bailey, in The Annenberg Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-impressionism, publish. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009, p. 4 - note 15" to mean that wisdom is timeless.