Peter Paul Rubens Quotes

• I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.

  Peter Paul Rubens

  God, Inspiration, Simple

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• My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings

  Peter Paul Rubens

  Passion, Heaven, My Passion

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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

  Children, Soul, Rubbish

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• My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.

  Peter Paul Rubens

  Courage, Size, Talent

  Peter Paul Rubens, Toledo Museum of Art (1991). “The Crowning of Saint Catherine: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640”

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• White is poison to a picture: use it only in highlights.

  Peter Paul Rubens

  White, Poison, Use

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• I paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh.

  Peter Paul Rubens

  Beauty, Flesh, Want

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• Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.

  Peter Paul Rubens

  Painting, Finest, Maidens

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