Rubens's Quotes: top 23 famous quotes about Rubens's

Rubens's Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational Rubens's quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

A Gustave Courbet portrait of a trout has more death in it than Rubens could get in a whole Crucifixion. — Robert Hughes

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

But why I cry out against Rubens is because he painted undressed people instead of naked ones. — E. M. Forster

Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment. — Peter Paul Rubens

Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art. — Jenny Saville

My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings — Peter Paul Rubens

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size ... has ever surpassed my courage. — Peter Paul Rubens

Nothing makes you realize you don't know what you want more than getting what you want. — Jane Wagner

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush. — Dawn French

White is poison to a picture: use it only in highlights. — Peter Paul Rubens

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

I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration. — Peter Paul Rubens

To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement. — William Blake

When I saw the others like Michael, Ross Brawn and Todt renewing their contracts, I always said that I was happy to do so. — Rubens Barrichello

And I know, when things look the worst is when something new and wonderful is about to happen, if we can just hold on. — Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

Anybody that'll stand up to The Cline is all right. — Patsy Cline

In order to lead people, you have to get to know them. — Derek Jeter

Ruben V is the keeper of the flame of the San Antonio vibe — Joe King

Love is hard to find, but love is one of a kind. — Trey Songz

If you're a writer there will come at least one morning in your life when you wake up and want to kill your agent. — Bernice Rubens

It is foolish for Rubens to show her simpering. They were clearly guilty and did her much sorrow. — Jack Gilbert

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush. — Dawn French

[On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize:] I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without considering it for the Booker Prize. — Bernice Rubens