Filippo Brunelleschi

The cupola will mock gravity itself.

In every flaw, a lesson; in every triumph, a warning.

Goldsmithing taught me precision; architecture, vision.

Politics is but scaffolding for the edifice of power.

The eye deceives, but mathematics does not.

Build not for today, but for the eternity of admiration.

Rivals sharpen the blade of ingenuity.

A joke in the workshop: Why did the pillar stand? Because it had no choice!

Harmony in structure mirrors harmony in the cosmos.

From the forge to the firmament, creation is my craft.

The dome's curve is the smile of heaven upon earth.

Patience is the mortar that binds ambition to achievement.

Illusion in painting is truth in architecture.

To Ghiberti I say: Let us build together, or fall divided.

The weight of the world rests on calculated keystones.

Life's blueprint is drawn in fleeting sands, yet we build in stone.

A comeback to critics: My dome will outlast your doubts.

Symmetry is the language of the divine architect.

In the guild's hall, wisdom flows freer than wine.

The Ospedale degli Innocenti cradles hope in its arches.