Leon Battista Alberti

Architecture Italian 1404 – 1472 101 quotes

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.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great generosity and liberality.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great urbanity and politeness.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great affability and good humor.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great eloquence and persuasion.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great learning and erudition.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great skill and dexterity.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great ingenuity and invention.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great taste and elegance.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great judgment and discernment.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great penetration and acuteness.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great foresight and circumspection.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great prudence and caution.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great wisdom and understanding.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great virtue and probity.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great piety and religion.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great humanity and benevolence.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great justice and equity.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great temperance and sobriety.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450

The architect must be a man of great fortitude and constancy.

De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) 1450