Talk:Rembrandt

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• His faith is a faith that to him is real, and it is a faith, in my judgement, that sustained him through the hard times in his life.

• I envy the poet. He is encouraged towards drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art.

• Old age is a hindrance to creativity but cannot crush my youthful spirit.

• Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

• Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

Unsourced quotes about Rembrandt

• Rembrandt painted 700 pictures. Of these, 3,000 are still in existence.
  • Wilhelm von Bode

• Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.
  • Morton Feldman

• In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color.
  • Edvard Munch

• There's a Rembrandt trapped in this body. It's your job to find it.
  • George W. Bush told his painting instructor Gail Norfleet

Falsely cited statement added by a vandal on 4 February 2013

"A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god."

I have removed this statement apparently made up by a vandal using IP 169.157.13.143 (talk · contributions), who crudely copied citations of other valid quotes to make it seem a legitimate addition.

In the years since it has proliferated on the internet, and even shown up in two published works as an attribution, one in 2015, and 2021.

I do not believe it should retain a spot in the article space, even as a credible misattribution, but merely remain mentioned here, as a clear incident of unfortunate vandalism. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:08, 14 July 2022 (UTC)