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)
Oh, how I shall freeze after this sun! Here I am a gentleman, at home a parasite.
I have many good friends among the Italians who warn me not to eat or drink anything with them, for they are very treacherous.
I have silenced the painters who said I was no good at color. Now everyone says that my colors are beautiful.
How I long for the sun! Here I am a gentleman, at home a parasite.
The more I see, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I know. The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing.
I have been much praised, but I have also been much envied.
Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.
A good painter is full of inner forms, and if he had to live for a thousand years, he would always find something new to do.
The artist is not a machine, but a man, and he must have his freedom.
I have been in Venice, and have seen many beautiful things, and have learned much.
I have painted a picture for the Doge, and he has paid me well.
I have also made many drawings, and have sold them well.
I have also been to Bologna, and have seen many beautiful things there.
I have also been to Florence, and have seen many beautiful things there.
I have also been to Rome, and have seen many beautiful things there.
I have also been to Naples, and have seen many beautiful things there.
I have also been to Milan, and have seen many beautiful things there.
I have also been to Genoa, and have seen many beautiful things there.
I have also been to Augsburg, and have seen many beautiful things there.
I have also been to Nuremberg, and have seen many beautiful things there.
Contemporaries of Albrecht Dürer
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).