Leon Battista Alberti O Painting
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“Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored.”
“It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know.”
Source: On painting and On sculpture: The Latin texts of De pictura and De statua
“Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.”
“What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool?”
Source: On painting and On sculpture: The Latin texts of De pictura and De statua
“A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough.”
“The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.”
“The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice.”
“A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist.”
“Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.”
“No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.”
Source: The use and abuse of books
Source: Leon Battista Alberti O Painting
“We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.”
“The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it.”
“... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.”
“The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.”