“Employ in everything a certain casualness which conceals art and creates the impression that what is done and said is accomplished without effort and without its being thought about. It is from this, in my opinion, that grace largely derives.” ArtSaidDoneCertainEffortAttitudeOpinionGraceImpressionAccomplishedNonchalance Author:Baldassare Castiglione
“Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort and almost without thought.” SaidDoneShowsCertainEffortDesignPractiseCourtiersNonchalance Book:The Book of the Courtier Source: The Book of the Courtier
“Obvious effort is the antithesis of grace.” EffortGraceObviousAntithesis Author:Baldassare Castiglione
