36 Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti

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

A man can do all things if he will.

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.

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

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

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.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

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