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Perspective Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large…
- Make yourself a master of perspective, then acquire perfect knowledge of the proportions of men and other animals.
- Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.
- The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the…
- Now do you not see that the eye embraces the beauty of the whole world? It counsels and corrects all the arts of mankind... it…
- Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting.
- Perspective is to painting what the bridle is to the horse, the rudder to a ship.
- There are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how the size of objects seems to diminish according to distance: the second,…
- Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will…
- The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats…
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- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one… — Neil Armstrong
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. — Marcus Aurelius
- No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal… — Ansel Adams
- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
- Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death… — Cecil Beaton
- It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. — Ambrose Bierce
- My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business… — Tony Blair
- We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong. — Bono
- I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take… — Jeff Bridges