Diego Velázquez
10 quotes
“To paint is to think with the brush.”
“The greatest art comes from the simplest observations.”
“Every portrait is a self-portrait of the artist.”
“A painter must learn to see, not just to look.”
“The nobility of painting lies in its ability to capture the truth of the moment.”
“Nature is the best teacher for any painter.”
“I would rather be the first painter of common things than the second in higher art.”
“I have had Three Masters”
“Velazquez's remark is to the Italian contemporary painter Salvator Rosa”
“Raphael , to be plain with you, for I prefer to be candid and outspoken, does not please me at all.. ..It is Titian that bears the banner. As quoted by Hugh Stokes in Francisco Goya , Herbert Jenkins Limited Publishers, London, 1914, p 71”