Peter Paul Rubens Quotes
- I paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh.
- Every child has the spirit of creation. The rubbish of life often exterminates the spirit through plague and a souls own wretchedness.
- My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.
- My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings
- I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.
- White is poison to a picture: use it only in highlights.
- Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.