I sometimes think "The Young Napoleon Bonaparte Studying At The Military Academy" is the hardest painting of all time
"I too love power—but I love it as an artist. I love it as a musician loves his violin. I love it for the sake of drawing sounds, chords, and harmonies from it."
- Napoleon
Ten revelatory bangers from Napoleon Bonaparte 👇🏻
memod.com/jashdholani/napoleon-3-4289/part-1
Napoleon had a golden tongue: "I saw the crown of France lying in the gutter, so I picked it up with my sword."
Balzac went through hundreds of Napoleon speeches & public gazettes to collect his thoughts on subjects ranging from politics to religion 👇🏻
memod.com/jashdholani/napoleon-s-aphorisms-2-4288/part-1
The more I look at this painting the more magical it gets. How his shadow merges perfectly with the silhouette of the city outside. How he has eaten through the books like he will eat through empires. His forward lean into destiny twitter.com/oldbooksguy/status/1599407173142040578?s=20&t=Pky3eAoLF-XSml35TwxfkA
Jash Dholani
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