Rembrandt Quotes

#1. Choose only one master - Nature.

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#2. An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

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#3. Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

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#4. Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

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#5. Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

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#6. Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.

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#7. 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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#8. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

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#9. I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too

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#10. A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.

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#11. Old age is a hindrance to creativity but cannot crush my youthful spirit.

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#12. A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god.

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#13. A painting is not made to be sniffed.

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#14. Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. Well, I will tell you a secret. I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can't do it. I just can't do it! And that is why I am just a little crazy.

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#15. A work is finished when an artist realizes his intentions.

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