"Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in……" — Giorgio Vasari
"Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing."
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Giorgio Vasari
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14 Quotes by Giorgio Vasari
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These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author…
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In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to…
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Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher…
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The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant…
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Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model...
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Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.
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Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in…
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When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it…
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Leonardo da Vinci was a man of regal spirit and tremendous breadth of mind; and his name became so famous…
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Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions,…
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It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten,…
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In my opinion painters owe to Giotto, the Florentine painter, exactly the same debt they owe to nature, which constantly…
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
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