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title: "3 Certain Walls Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Certain Walls quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Certain Walls sayings and thoughts."
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> [In Sparta, paintings have been taken out of certain walls by cutting through the bricks, then have been placed in wooden frames,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-sparta-paintings-have-been-taken-out-of-certain-walls-by-cutting/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/marcus-vitruvius-pollio-7498_artist_in-sparta-paintings-have-been-taken-out_584908.png)

> [You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/you-should-look-at-certain-walls-stained-with-damp-or-at-stones-of/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/leonardo-da-vinci-330_able_you-should-look-at-certain-walls-stained_2133714.jpg)

> [I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ciaran-carson/i-am-reminded-now-of-leonardo-s-advice-to-painters-you-should-fix/)

[Ciaran Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ciaran-carson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/ciaran-carson-47128_action_i-am-reminded-now-of-leonardo-s-advice-t_2355048.jpg)

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