Peter Paul Rubens quotes
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“I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.”
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“My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.”
-- Peter Paul RubensSource : Peter Paul Rubens, Toledo Museum of Art (1991). “The Crowning of Saint Catherine: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640”
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“I paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh.”
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“Every child has the spirit of creation. The rubbish of life often exterminates the spirit through plague and a souls own wretchedness.”
-- Peter Paul Rubens -
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“My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings”
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“White is poison to a picture: use it only in highlights.”
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“Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.”
-- Peter Paul Rubens
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