Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Rembrandt

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch painter Rembrandt.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.

Dutch - Painter | July 15, 1606 - October 4, 1669

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

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Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

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

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

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

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Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

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An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

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

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Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

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Choose only one master - Nature.

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A painting is not made to be sniffed.

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

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

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