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Inspirational Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti
- Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
- A man can do all things if he will.
- Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.
- We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.
- The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it.
- The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.
- 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.
- Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored.
- No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.
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