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  • To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement.

    Eye   Criticism   Shadow  
    William Blake, David V. Erdman, Harold Bloom (1982). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.655, Univ of California Press
  • I just want everyone to know I'm suing Ruben Studdard. He had his hand on my ass and he wouldn't let go.

  • I don't disagree with seeing a Rubens of a nude body, but I don't believe in a nude body in action. With Rubens, thank goodness, they aren't in action.

    Believe   Body   Action  
  • I read somewhere that Rubens said students should not draw from life, but draw from all the great classic casts. Then you really get the measure of them, you really know what to do. And then, put in your own dimples. Isn't that marvelous!

    Willem De Kooning (1979). “Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series, October 26, 1979-January 6, 1980, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute”
  • A Gustave Courbet portrait of a trout has more death in it than Rubens could get in a whole Crucifixion.

  • My studio practice is a - I suppose a bit more like [Thomas] Gainsborough or [Peter Paul] Rubens in the sense that any artist who wants to create a grand narrative on a grand scale has to sort of parse out some of the smaller aspects of painting or the more mundane aspects of painting to others.

    Artist   Practice   Want  
    Source: www.aaa.si.edu
  • We know from Talmadge Hayer, one of the men who carried out the assassination, who was shot by Ruben X as he tried to flee the Audubon after shooting Malcolm X, we know that Hayer confessed years later to his Imam in prison that there had been a walk-through a week prior to February 21st [1965] at the Audubon Ballroom.

    Men   Years   Shooting  
    Source: historynewsnetwork.org
  • If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.

    Moss   Would Be   Alive  
  • If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

    "The Myth of Universal Beauty" by David Robson, www.bbc.com. June 23, 2015.
  • I recommend that you should work actively... and study the artistic structures of Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian, Watteau, Poussin, and other painters, even Chardin, where he is an artist. Study very closely their dabbing manner of execution and try to copy a small piece of canvas, just one square inch.

    Artist   Squares   Trying  
  • I've never had any health problems and I'm Ruben, man, all the way through.

    Men   Way   Problem  
    "Ruben's debut". Interview with Ann Curry, www.nbcnews.com. January 2, 2004.
  • On the left is the realist tradition of the 19th century, with its impulse to social description, radical criticism and meditation on things as they are... culminating in Courbet at his mightiest (The Studio, The Funeral at Ornans and a portrait of a trout that has more death in it than Rubens could get in a whole Crucifixion).

  • For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which, without neglecting the minor traits or finishing, he was chiefly solicitous to present the leading effect, or what we may call the inspiration.

    William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.47
  • For - to say a few words on technique - whereas the curved line was used predominantly for reasons of beauty, (Phidias, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rubens) it has been used more and more economically for reasons of truth (Millet, Monet, Paul Cézanne) until it will end as the straight line for reasons of Love. This will enable the art of the future to create an international form; a form understandable to all and vital enough to the expression of a general feeling of love in a monumental way. Such is the future.

    "Onafhankelijke bespiegelingen over de kunst" by Theo van Doesburg, De Avondpost Journal, January 23, 1916.
  • Now ballads, I can mess around and get up on somebody on a ballad. People ain't seen it yet, but I can mess around and get up in there. I've had Ruben Studdard up in my house, Brian McKnight, Tank. Every once in a while I throw down with them.

    People   House   Tanks  
  • But why I cry out against Rubens is because he painted undressed people instead of naked ones.

    Art   People   Naked  
  • I work with a trainer called Ruben Tabares. He's a nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and an athlete. So I literally just train like an athlete.

    Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
  • Ruben V is the keeper of the flame of the San Antonio vibe

  • It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds than with their figures. You know the story of Vandyke brought to Rubens with this recommendation: 'He already knows how to paint a background.' 'That is more than I can do!' was the reply.

    William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns
  • Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art.

    Running   Art   Thinking  
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