Artist Quotes by Albrecht Durer

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

— Albrecht Durer

An artist of understanding and experience can show more of his great power and art in small things roughly and rudely done, than many…

— Albrecht Durer

“The treasure secretly gathered in your heart will become evident through your creative work.”

— Albrecht Durer

Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.

— Albrecht Durer

There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows.

— 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…

— Albrecht Durer

He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto. Love and delight therein are better of the Art of Painting than…

— Albrecht Durer

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

— Albrecht Durer

Sight is the noblest sense of man.

— Albrecht Durer

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

— Albrecht Durer

Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.

— Albrecht Durer

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

— 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…

— Albrecht Durer

Some think that they know everybody, but they really don't know themselves.

— Albrecht Durer

And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for…

— Albrecht Durer