Rembrandt Quotes

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  • I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too.

    "R.v.R. : Being an Account of the Last Years and the Death of One Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn". Book by Hendrik Willem van Loon, 1930.
  • Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. Well, I will tell you a secret. I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can't do it. I just can't do it! And that is why I am just a little crazy.

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    "R.v.R.: Being an Account of the Last Years and the Death of One Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn". Book by Borin Van Loon, 1930.
  • A painting is not made to be sniffed.

    "The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France". Book by Alison MacQueen, 2003.
  • Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

    "A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern". Book by Tryon Edwards, p. 131, 1908.
  • Old age is a hindrance to creativity but cannot crush my youthful spirit.

  • Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

  • An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

  • Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

  • Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

    "Rembrandt Drawings" by Paul Némo, translated by David Macrae, 1975.
  • A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.

    "The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France". Book by Alison MacQueen, 2003.
  • Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.

  • A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god.

    "The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France". Book by Alison MacQueen, 2003.
  • A work is finished when an artist realizes his intentions.

  • I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art.

  • Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

  • Choose only one master - Nature.

    "Rembrandt Drawings" by Paul Némo, translated by David Macrae, 1975.
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