Cennino Cennini

When painting the faces of young persons ... use the yolk of the egg of a city hen, because they have lighter…

— Cennino Cennini

Take note that, before going any farther, I will give you the exact proportion of a man. Those of a woman I…

— Cennino Cennini

In the first place you must study drawing for at least one year; then you must remain with a master at the…

— Cennino Cennini

Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the…

— Cennino Cennini

If you imitate the forms of a single artist through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you…

— Cennino Cennini

This is an occupation known as painting, which calls for imagination, and skill of hand, in order to discover things not seen,…

— Cennino Cennini

Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence,…

— Cennino Cennini

If you follow the course of one man through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not…

— Cennino Cennini

The most perfect steersman that you can have, and the best helm, lies in the triumphal gateway of copying from nature. And…

— Cennino Cennini

If you follow the course of one man through constant practice, your intelligence would have to be crude indeed for you not…

— Cennino Cennini

Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be…

— Cennino Cennini

If you set out to copy after one master today and after one tomorrow, you will not acquire the style of either…

— Cennino Cennini

If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy…

— Cennino Cennini

When you have practiced drawing for a while... take pains and pleasure in constantly copying the best works that you can find…

— Cennino Cennini