Albrecht Durer Quotes

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
Albrecht Durer

Nature, Art, Greatest

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

Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.
Albrecht Durer

Help, May, Jesus

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.
Albrecht Durer

Art, Evil, Himself

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.
Albrecht Durer

Beauty, Single, Perfect

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

God, Opinion, Artist

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

Great, God, Why

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

Art, Since, Painting

I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.
Albrecht Durer

Beauty, Men, Perfection

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.
Albrecht Durer

Knowledge, Care, Nothing

My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.
Albrecht Durer

Life, Family, Wife

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Artist

Born: May 21, 1471

Died: April 6, 1528

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