Rembrandt Quotes

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

Choose only one master - Nature.

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

Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

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

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

An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

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

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.

A work is finished when an artist realizes his intentions.

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

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

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

A painting is not made to be sniffed.

[An artist] will sooner and with more certainty, establish the character of skeletons, than the most learned anatomist, whose eye has not been accustomed to seize on every peculiarity.

The painter knew the mirror lied. And the canvas told the truth.

The planet you inhabit is a single plane of infinite dimensions, stretched like a guitar string, and standing before you like a concubine waiting for your command.

The painter knew that color was not something you controlled but something you set free. He believed that color knew its way home.

Tell me, who is behind a great woman? That's right. No one. She has to get there herself.

Try to put well into practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

Choose only one master — Nature.