All Leon Battista Alberti Quotes
- When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be… Among
- Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. Add
- I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind... Appreciation
- A man can do all things if he will. All
- Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority. Authority
- We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. Always Choose
- Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive. Absent
- The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it. Charm
- ... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul. Body
- Painting contains a divine force which... makes the dead seem almost alive. Alive
- The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city. Cities
- I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood… Any
- It seems obvious that colors vary according to lights, because when any color is placed in the shade, it appears to be different from the… According
- Practice by drawing things large, as if equal in representation and reality. In small drawings every large weakness is easily hidden; in the large, the… Drawing
- 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. Art
- Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored. Colored
- I shall praise those faces which seem to project out of the picture as though they were sculptured, and I shall censure those faces in… Art
- I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it… Appear
- No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. Art
- Men can do all things if they will. All
- A man can do all things if he but wills them. All
- Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. Add