Best Rembrandt Quotes

49 Rembrandt quotes by 46 unique authors

Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion. — William Ernest Henley
My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt… — Al Yankovic
Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians. — Morton Feldman
Titian, Rembrandt and Goya were the great painters. I am only a public clown. — Pablo Picasso
Neither Imperial Russia, nor the Russia of the Soviets needs me. They don't understand me. I am a stranger to them. I'm certain Rembrandt loves… — Marc Chagall
Imagine someone pointing to a place in the iris of a Rembrandt eye and saying, 'The walls of my room should be painted this color. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Many works of the past complete what they announce they are going to do, to our increasing boredom. Certain others plague me because I cannot… — Philip Guston
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… — Kazimir Malevich
For every wacky postcard, there's a million people waiting to buy it, and for every $10 million of those things, there's one Rembrandt. Purposely, I… — Ricky Gervais
Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. — Damien Hirst
You can't prove Rembrandt is better than Norman Rockwell - although if you actually do prefer Rockwell, I'd say you were shunning complexity, were secretly… — Jerry Saltz
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection.… — Robert Winston
Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world only, our own, we see that world multiply itself and we have at our disposal as many… — Marcel Proust
Memories are like a still life painted by ten different student artists: some will be blue-based; others red; some will be as stark as Picasso… — Jodi Picoult
If all of the steps of surrender are present, then a great Rembrandt or Monet will evoke love because the artist is simply there in… — Deepak Chopra
Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon… — Stefan Zweig
I am a big fan of the Impressionists, and in my school days, I was inspired by Caravaggio, Velazquez and Rembrandt. — Ronnie Wood
I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then. — Damien Hirst
I wanted to paint in a folk-artist-y way. My heroes were Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, and Rembrandt. I think Picasso is about as a modern… — Joni Mitchell
You are not thinking hard enough if you are sleeping well. And you would have to be unhinged to take on a subject like the… — Simon Schama
From 17 to 21, I was obsessed by sport and art. In art, I loved the pre-Raphaelites and Rembrandt first. Then I discovered Salvador Dali,… — Anthony Browne
I looked at Rembrandt and Superman, Matisse and Bugs Bunny, and began to make my own pictures. — Mordicai Gerstein
I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. Unfortunately, Rembrandt made lousy violins and Stradivarius was… — Tommy Cooper
Rembrandt painted 700 pictures. Of these, 3,000 are still in existence. — Unknown Author

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