Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by emperor Maximilian I...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth21 May 1471
CityNuremberg, Germany
Albrecht Durer quotes about
father wife support
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.
beautiful men giving
There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows.
jesus fall voice
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.
art statistics foundation
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. . .
art joy would-be
He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto. Love and delight therein are better of the Art of Painting than compulsion.
men perfection form
I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.
men sight vision
Sight is the noblest sense of man.
artist public-opinion overwhelmed
The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.
care judgment diligence
Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.
teacher delight compulsion
Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.
nature art embedded
Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.
beauty knows
What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.
taken men perfect
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.
art mathematics logical
The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.