Albrecht Durer

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

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

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

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

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 proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.