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Leon Battista Alberti quotes: The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.

The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.

The movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Painting contains a divine force which ... makes the dead seem almost alive.

Painting contains a divine force which ... makes the dead seem almost alive.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: 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.

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 quotes: We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist.

A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.

The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind ...

I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind ...

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.

Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

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 quotes: A man can do all things if he but wills them.

A man can do all things if he but wills them.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: A man can do all things if he will.

A man can do all things if he will.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.

Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Men can do all things if they will.

Men can do all things if they will.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough.

A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored.

Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Buildings have been made because of man.

Buildings have been made because of man.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.

Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it.

The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive.

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 quotes: As ability goes, so goes our fortune.

As ability goes, so goes our fortune.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part.

It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know.

It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know.

Leon Battista Alberti quotes: The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice.

The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice.