Albrecht Dürer: Quotes about art

Albrecht Dürer was German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist. Explore interesting quotes on art.

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“Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.”

Albrecht Dürer

The Art of Measurement (1525).

“Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence. Now the sole reason why painters of this sort are not aware of their own error is that they have not learnt Geometry, without which no one can either be or become an absolute artist; but the blame for this should be laid upon their masters, who are themselves ignorant of this art.”

Albrecht Dürer

The Art of Measurement (1525).

“The new art must be based upon science — in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.”

Albrecht Dürer

As quoted in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970 - 1990) edited by M Steck.