Leon Battista Alberti
An Italian humanist, architect, and art theorist, his treatise 'De re aedificatoria' was the first modern book on the theory of architecture.
Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti
The architect must be a man of great courage and resolution.
The architect must be a man of great generosity and liberality.
The architect must be a man of great urbanity and politeness.
The architect must be a man of great affability and good humor.
The architect must be a man of great eloquence and persuasion.
The architect must be a man of great learning and erudition.
The architect must be a man of great skill and dexterity.
The architect must be a man of great ingenuity and invention.
The architect must be a man of great taste and elegance.
The architect must be a man of great judgment and discernment.
The architect must be a man of great penetration and acuteness.
The architect must be a man of great foresight and circumspection.
The architect must be a man of great prudence and caution.
The architect must be a man of great wisdom and understanding.
The architect must be a man of great virtue and probity.
The architect must be a man of great piety and religion.
The architect must be a man of great humanity and benevolence.
The architect must be a man of great justice and equity.
The architect must be a man of great temperance and sobriety.
The architect must be a man of great fortitude and constancy.