“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
“I have discovered a universal rule which seems to apply more than any other in all human actions or words: namely, to steer away from affectation at all costs, as if it were a rough and dangerous reef, and (to use perhaps a novel word for it) to practise in all things a certain nonchalance [sprezzatura] which conceals all artistry and makes whatever one says or does seem uncontrived and effortless.” IfsHumansDoeUseSeemsActionCertainNovelDangerousCostAll ThingsUniversalRoughSteersArtistryEffortlessPractiseReefsHuman ActionsNonchalance Author:Baldassare Castiglione
