Rembrandt — "I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wen…"
I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art.
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Attributed, from 'R.v.R.: Being an Account of the Last Years and the Death of One Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn' by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Date: 1660s (approx.)
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