Author: Albrecht Durer

Quotes

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

- Albrecht Durer

I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.

I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.

- Albrecht Durer

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

- Albrecht Durer

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

- Albrecht Durer

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

- Albrecht Durer

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

- Albrecht Durer

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

- Albrecht Durer

What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.

What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.

- Albrecht Durer

My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.

My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.

- Albrecht Durer

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