Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528 · German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist

Topics: mathematics, learning

• Whoever … proves his point and demonstrates the prime truth geometrically should be believed by all the world, for there we are captured.

  — Albrecht Dürer

• Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.

  — Albrecht Dürer