Every child has the spirit of creation. The rubbish of life often exterminates the spirit through plague and a souls own wretchedness.

- Peter Paul Rubens

I paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh.

- Peter Paul Rubens

I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.

- Peter Paul Rubens

Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.

- Peter Paul Rubens

My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.

- Peter Paul Rubens

White is poison to a picture: use it only in highlights.

- Peter Paul Rubens

My passion comes from the heavens, not from earthly musings

- Peter Paul Rubens