"Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect……" — Giorgio Vasari
"Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent and divine, come into being."
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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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Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing.
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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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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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