“My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings”
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Famous Peter Paul Rubens Quotes
“I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.”
“Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.”
“I paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh.”
“My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.”
Source: The Crowning of Saint Catherine: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640