Rembrandt van Rijn

"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."

"Every person has their own specific calling in life."

"The great must submit to the small."

"I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."

"Choose only one master: Nature."

"Art is meant to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"I prefer a flawed gem to a perfect brick."

"There is nothing truer than light and shadow."

"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt."

"The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and chewed as fast as I could."

"Seek and observe the subtle miracles every day."

"A face is the index of the heart."

"Every man has his own peculiar way of thinking."

"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."

"The common people give me a truer sense of proportion of myself than any reviews."

"I must walk alone because I cannot find my way otherwise."

"Art teaches nothing except the significance of life."

"The light that makes us see the beauty in things is itself beyond measure."

"Knowledge is the most powerful weapon."

"In the night all cats are gray, but in art all must be clear."

"Remorse can never undo what has been done."

"The master's hand is evident in every stroke."

"What we perceive is limited by what we are willing to see."

"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."

"The greatest delight is in the work itself."

"Truth and beauty are eternal companions."

"Shadow is as important as light in the canvas of life."

"A good painting should make you want to walk into it."

"Every hand can paint if the heart wills it."