The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Albrecht Durer
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  1. 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.

  2. The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

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

  4. 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.

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

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