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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/there-is-no-art-which-has-not-had-its-beginnings-in-things-full-of/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

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## More by Leon Battista Alberti

> [The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/the-arts-are-learnt-by-reason-and-method-they-are-mastered-by-practice/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [The function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/the-function-of-the-painter-is-to-render-the-visible-surface-so-that/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/when-i-investigate-and-when-i-discover-that-the-forces-of-the-heavens/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/the-picture-will-have-charm-when-each-color-is-very-unlike-the-one/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/errors-accumulate-in-the-sketch-and-compound-in-the-model/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/it-is-very-rarely-granted-even-to-nature-herself-to-produce-anything/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [Painting contains a divine force which... makes the dead seem almost alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/painting-contains-a-divine-force-which-makes-the-dead-seem-almost/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [A man can do all things if he but wills them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/a-man-can-do-all-things-if-he-but-wills-them/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [It seems obvious that colors vary according to lights, because when any color is placed in the shade, it appears to be different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/it-seems-obvious-that-colors-vary-according-to-lights-because-when/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/the-movements-of-the-body-reveal-the-movements-of-the-soul/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/men-are-themselves-the-source-of-their-own-fortune-and-misfortune/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both new and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/there-is-no-art-which-has-not-had-its-beginnings-in-things-full-of/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/beauty-the-adjustment-of-all-parts-proportionately-so-that-one-cannot/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/painting-contains-a-divine-force-which-not-only-makes-absent-men/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

> [I shall praise those faces which seem to project out of the picture as though they were sculptured, and I shall censure those faces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-battista-alberti/i-shall-praise-those-faces-which-seem-to-project-out-of-the-picture/)

[Leon Battista Alberti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-battista-alberti/)

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