Rembrandt Quote

I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too.
Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. Well, I will tell you a secret. I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can't do it. I just can't do it! And that is why I am just a little crazy.

As quoted in R.v.R. : Being an Account of the Last Years and the Death of One Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn (1930) by Hendrik Willem van Loon

I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too. Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint...

I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too. Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint...

I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too. Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint...

I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too. Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint...