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Leon Battista Alberti was a renowned Italian Renaissance author, architect, art theorist, and mathematician. He is known for his contributions to humanism and his innovative theories in art.

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Famous Leon Battista Alberti Quotes

“There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both new and perfect.”

Art Perfect Errors

Book:Leon Battista Alberti O Painting

Source: Leon Battista Alberti O Painting

“I shall praise those faces which seem to project out of the picture as though they were sculptured, and I shall censure those faces in which I see no art but that of outline.”

Art Seems Faces Projects Praise Outlines Censure Portraiture

Author:Leon Battista Alberti

“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.”

Art Use Light Artist Black White Knowing Objects Painting Skills Convinced Supreme Relief Shade Black And White

Author:Leon Battista Alberti

“What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool?”

Mean Art Painting Surface Pool

Book:On painting and On sculpture: The Latin texts of De pictura and De statua

Source: On painting and On sculpture: The Latin texts of De pictura and De statua

“The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice.”

Art Reason Practice Method

Author:Leon Battista Alberti

“No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.”

Ifs Want Inspirational Art Demand Dedication Minors

Book:The use and abuse of books

Source: The use and abuse of books

“Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.”

Art Whole Beauty Design Harmony Add Adjustment

Author:Leon Battista Alberti

About the Author

Born: February 18, 1404
Died: April 20, 1472
Known for: Author
Quotes: 34

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Leon Battista Alberti O PaintingRelated source material

On painting and On sculpture: The Latin texts of De pictura and De statuaRelated source material

The use and abuse of booksRelated source material

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