Albrecht Dürer
Greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance
Most quoted
"A good painter is inwardly full of figures, and if it were possible that he live forever, he would always have from his internal ideas, of which Plato writes, something new to pour out in his works."
— from Writings
"For a good painter is inwardly full of figures, and if it were possible that he live forever, he would always have from his internal ideas something new to pour out in his works."
— from Four Books on Human Proportion, 1528
"The more I travel, the more I realize that people are the same everywhere, they just wear different clothes and speak different languages, but they all want a good portrait."
— from Letters and Diaries
All quotes by Albrecht Dürer (386)
The more I practice, the better I become.
The artist must be a master of composition.
I have always valued honesty.
The more I teach, the more I learn.
The artist must be a master of expression.
I have always believed in the power of art.
The more I travel, the more I see the world.
The artist must be a master of storytelling.
I have always found joy in creation.
The more I read, the more I know.
Geometry is the foundation of all painting.
The painter must first learn the rules of proportion.
True art is that which reveals the divine in the human form.
Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
In art, as in life, simplicity conceals the greatest complexity.
The eye must be trained to see what the mind conceives.
Beauty is born from harmony and balance.
I paint not for fame, but for the love of creation.
Nature is the true teacher of the artist.
The soul of the artist must dwell in solitude to flourish.
Contemporaries of Albrecht Dürer
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).