What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool? Leon Battista Alberti More Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti More Quotes From 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. Leon Battista Alberti design beauty art I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind. Leon Battista Alberti perfect mind appreciation A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist. Leon Battista Alberti errors ignorance doe No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. Leon Battista Alberti dedication inspirational art The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city. Leon Battista Alberti turns cities house ... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul. Leon Battista Alberti movement body soul A man can do all things if he will. Leon Battista Alberti mindset attitude men 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 same color which is located in light. Shade makes color dark, whereas light makes color bright where it strikes. Leon Battista Alberti color light dark The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice. Leon Battista Alberti practice reason art It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part. Leon Battista Alberti granted produce perfect 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. Leon Battista Alberti errors perfect art We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. Leon Battista Alberti paint nature beautiful 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 living among the gods. Leon Battista Alberti god life science 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 is light and shade that make objects appear in relief. Leon Battista Alberti black-and-white light art 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 smallest weakness is easily seen. Leon Battista Alberti drawing practice reality Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model. Leon Battista Alberti compounds models errors The function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like the body itself. Leon Battista Alberti function distance body A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough. Leon Battista Alberti persons enough can-do Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune. Leon Battista Alberti source fortune men It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know. Leon Battista Alberti shameful knows teacher
