I read somewhere that Rubens said students should not draw from life, but draw from all the great classic casts. Then you really get the measure of them, you really know what to do. And then, put in your own dimples. Isn't that marvelous!


Willem de Kooning (ed. 1969)


I read somewhere that Rubens said students should not draw from life, but draw from all the great classic casts. Then you really get the measure of...

I read somewhere that Rubens said students should not draw from life, but draw from all the great classic casts. Then you really get the measure of...

I read somewhere that Rubens said students should not draw from life, but draw from all the great classic casts. Then you really get the measure of...

I read somewhere that Rubens said students should not draw from life, but draw from all the great classic casts. Then you really get the measure of...