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 moderation and discretion.
The architect must be a man of great sincerity and candor.
The architect must be a man of great fidelity and loyalty.
The architect must be a man of great honor and reputation.
The architect must be a man of great dignity and authority.
The architect must be a man of great magnificence and splendor.
The architect must be a man of great elegance and grace.
The architect must be a man of great politeness and courtesy.
The architect must be a man of great affability and sweetness.
The architect must be a man of great humanity and benignity.
The architect must be a man of great urbanity and civility.
Painting is jealous, and requires the whole application of the mind.
The fundamental principle of all painting is to make a flat surface appear as a body in relief, and projecting from its canvas.
Beauty is the harmony of all the parts of a building, in accordance with a fixed rule of symmetry, so that it is pleasant and useful.
The house is like the human body: the plan is the skeleton, the walls are the flesh, the roof is the skin.
In painting, the imitation of things is not enough; it must be the imitation of the way they appear.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine beauty.
Architecture should be beautiful, but also useful and solid.
The family is the origin of all society.
Happiness is found in virtue and the pursuit of knowledge.