36 Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti

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

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

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

Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.

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

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.

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

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.

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