Albrecht Dürer quotes

Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist, mathematician, and theorist, renowned for his paintings, prints, and engravings. His innovative techniques and detailed works greatly influenced the development of European art. He is celebrated for masterpieces like "Melencolia I" and "Self-Portrait," and for shaping the course of Western art history. Here are 21 of his quotes:

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 Dürer)
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. View quote
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The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences. View quote
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If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows. View quote
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I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men. View quote
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Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence. View quote
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span id=But_I_shall>But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light. View quote
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Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it. View quote
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The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion. (Albrecht Dürer)
Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion. View quote
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Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing. View quote
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What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things. View quote
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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. View quote
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Whoever ... proves his point and demonstrates the prime truth geometrically should be believed by all the world, for there we are captured. View quote
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Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence. Now the sole reason why painters of this sort are not aware of their own error is that they have not learnt Geometry, without which no one can either be or become an absolute artist; but the blame for this should be laid upon their masters, who are themselves ignorant of this art. View quote
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Geometry is the foundation of all painting. View quote
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Some think that they know everybody, but they really don't know themselves. View quote
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Sight is the noblest sense of man. View quote
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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 Dürer)