I regard all the world as my country, and I believe that I should be very welcome everywhere.
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Peter Paul Rubens
Born 1577, Peter Paul Rubens led Flemish Baroque painting and served as a diplomat. His Antwerp Golden Studio produced 1,400+ works; he spoke seven languages and was knighted by both Philip IV and Charles I.
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Peter Paul Rubens's Other Quotes
My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size or diversified in subject, has ever surpassed my courage.
It is to be wished that the world were not deprived of those rare gifts which Heaven has bestowed.
I confess that I am by natural instinct better fitted to execute very large works than small curiosities.
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