I confess that I am by natural instinct better fitted to execute very large works than small curiosities.
艺术家
彼得·保羅·魯本斯
彼得·保罗·鲁本斯（1577-1640）是巴洛克时期弗兰德斯最具代表性的画家，也是通晓七国语言的人文主义学者与外交官。他在安特卫普经营庞大的画室，绘制超过一千四百件作品，并先后被西班牙国王腓力四世和英王查理一世授予骑士爵位，将艺术家、企业经营者与外交官三重身份融为一体。
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彼得·保羅·魯本斯的其他名言
I regard all the world as my country, and I believe that I should be very welcome everywhere.
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.