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> [It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can be made of any size desired, or else for convenience... so that they can be sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/it-is-the-custom-of-venice-to-paint-on-canvas-either-because-it-does/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

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## More by Giorgio Vasari

> [ Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything \[in Art\], and not having it, one has nothing. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/drawing-is-the-necessary-beginning-of-everything-in-art-and-not/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/man-was-not-then-considered-a-good-goldsmith-unless-he-could-draw-well/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/men-of-genius-sometimes-accomplish-most-when-they-work-the-least-for/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/the-best-thing-is-to-draw-men-and-women-from-the-nude-and-thus-fix-in/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/inspiration-demands-the-active-cooperation-of-the-intellect-joined/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/art-owes-its-origin-to-nature-herself-this-beautiful-creation-the/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [Paolo Uccello's wife told people that Paolo used to stay up all night in his study trying to work out the vanishing points of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/paolo-uccello-s-wife-told-people-that-paolo-used-to-stay-up-all-night/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [One of the worst things that can happen to a man is for him to work and study hard in order to benefit others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/one-of-the-worst-things-that-can-happen-to-a-man-is-for-him-to-work/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [In my opinion painters owe to Giotto, the Florentine painter, exactly the same debt they owe to nature, which constantly serves them as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/in-my-opinion-painters-owe-to-giotto-the-florentine-painter-exactly/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [I wish to be of service to the artists of our own day, by showing them how a small beginning leads to the highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/i-wish-to-be-of-service-to-the-artists-of-our-own-day-by-showing-them/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/in-our-own-time-it-has-been-seen-that-simple-children-roughly-brought/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/these-rough-sketches-which-are-born-in-an-instant-in-the-heat-of/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/it-is-the-custom-of-venice-to-paint-on-canvas-either-because-it-does/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/art-owes-its-origin-to-nature-herself-this-beautiful-creation-the-2/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

> [As long as art lives never shall I accept that men are truly dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/as-long-as-art-lives-never-shall-i-accept-that-men-are-truly-dead/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

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