A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist. — Leon Battista Alberti
What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool? — Leon Battista Alberti
The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it. — Leon Battista Alberti
No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. — Leon Battista Alberti
Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored. — Leon Battista Alberti
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets — Leon Battista Alberti
Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract — Leon Battista Alberti
We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. — Leon Battista Alberti