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 More Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti More Quotes From Leon Battista Alberti Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive. Leon Battista Alberti paintingalivedivine Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority. Leon Battista Alberti authoritytruth As ability goes, so goes our fortune. Leon Battista Alberti abilityfortune The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting. Leon Battista Alberti paintingartist Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive. Leon Battista Alberti divine-poweralivedoe The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it. Leon Battista Alberti charmnextcolor I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense. Leon Battista Alberti woodsdrawingtrouble Perhaps the artist who seeks dignity above all in his 'historia', ought to represent very few figures; for as paucity of words imparts majesty to a prince, provided histhoughts and orders are understood, so the presence of only the strictly necessary numbers of bodies confers dignity on a picture. Leon Battista Alberti artistnumbersorder What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool? Leon Battista Alberti paintingmeanart Buildings have been made because of man. Leon Battista Alberti buildingmademen I prefer you to take as your model a mediocre sculpture rather than an excellent painting, for from painted objects we train our hand only to make a likeness, whereas from sculptures we learn to represent both likeness and correct incidence of light. Leon Battista Alberti sculpturelighthands I shall praise those faces which seem to project out of the picture as though they were sculptured, and I shall censure those faces in which I see no art but that of outline. Leon Battista Alberti portraiturefacesart A man can do all things if he but wills them. Leon Battista Alberti Painting contains a divine force which... makes the dead seem almost alive. Leon Battista Alberti deadpaintingforcealive Beauty: 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 withoutharmonychangebeauty Men can do all things if they will. Leon Battista Alberti willthingsall-thingsmen
