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No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed...

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If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the pr...

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What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.

Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although ...

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Albrecht Dürer

Artist

Born: 1471-05-21

Died: 1528-04-06

Albrecht Dürer (May 21 1471 – April 6 1528) was a German painter and printmaker, most famous for his series of prints, individual engravings and numerous painted self-portraits.More