Van Ruijven Quotes in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

Van Ruijven: How hard is it to paint a pretty girl?

Van Ruijven: You have very wide eyes.

[after cornering Griet]

Van Ruijven: [maliciously] Ripe as a plum, still unplucked.

[referring to a yellow paint which comes from cow's urine, used in Vermeer's portrait of Mistress van Ruijven]

Van Ruijven: You've glazed my wife in dried piss.

Van Ruijven: [speaking to Griet] I hear you have been of great use to your master. All that grinding and stirring, eh?