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> [When painting the faces of young persons ... use the yolk of the egg of a city hen, because they have lighter yolks than those of country hens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/when-painting-the-faces-of-young-persons-use-the-yolk-of-the-egg-of-a/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

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## More by Cennino Cennini

> [When painting the faces of young persons ... use the yolk of the egg of a city hen, because they have lighter yolks than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/when-painting-the-faces-of-young-persons-use-the-yolk-of-the-egg-of-a/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [Take note that, before going any farther, I will give you the exact proportion of a man. Those of a woman I will disregard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/take-note-that-before-going-any-farther-i-will-give-you-the-exact/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [In the first place you must study drawing for at least one year; then you must remain with a master at the workshop for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/in-the-first-place-you-must-study-drawing-for-at-least-one-year-then/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/mystery-is-the-art-of-eliciting-unseen-things-hidden-in-the-shadow-of/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [If you imitate the forms of a single artist through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/if-you-imitate-the-forms-of-a-single-artist-through-constant-practice/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [This is an occupation known as painting, which calls for imagination, and skill of hand, in order to discover things not seen, hiding themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/this-is-an-occupation-known-as-painting-which-calls-for-imagination/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence, obedience, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/now-then-you-of-noble-mind-who-love-this-profession-come-at-once-to/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [If you follow the course of one man through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/if-you-follow-the-course-of-one-man-through-constant-practice-your/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [The most perfect steersman that you can have, and the best helm, lies in the triumphal gateway of copying from nature. And this outdoes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/the-most-perfect-steersman-that-you-can-have-and-the-best-helm-lies/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [If you follow the course of one man through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/if-you-follow-the-course-of-one-man-through-constant-practice-your-2/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/do-not-fail-as-you-go-on-to-draw-something-every-day-for-no-matter/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [If you set out to copy after one master today and after one tomorrow, you will not acquire the style of either one or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/if-you-set-out-to-copy-after-one-master-today-and-after-one-tomorrow/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/if-thou-shouldst-paint-mountains-in-a-good-style-and-to-look-natural/)

[Cennino Cennini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cennino-cennini/)

> [When you have practiced drawing for a while... take pains and pleasure in constantly copying the best works that you can find done by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cennino-cennini/when-you-have-practiced-drawing-for-a-while-take-pains-and-pleasure/)

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