Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by emperor Maximilian I...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth21 May 1471
CityNuremberg, Germany
men sight vision
Sight is the noblest sense of man.
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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.
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Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.
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The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.
care judgment diligence
Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.
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Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.
nature art embedded
Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.
beauty knows
What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.
taken men perfect
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.
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But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light.
blessing talent given
Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
math foundation painting
Geometry is the foundation of all painting.
art men evil
If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.
men perfection form
I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.