Albrecht Durer Quotes
He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto. Love and delight therein are better of the Art of Painting than compulsion.
Dürer, Albrecht. The Literary Remains of Albrecht Dürer. Translated by William Martin Conway, Cambridge University Press, 1889, p. 248.
Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer (without an umlaut), was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Dürer is commemorated by both the Lutheran and Episcopal Churches.
