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Leon Battista Alberti
Profession : Architect
Birth : February 14, 1404
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Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
Leon Battista Alberti
The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.
Leon Battista Alberti
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
Leon Battista Alberti
Men can do all things if they will.
Leon Battista Alberti
Painting contains a divine force which... makes the dead seem almost alive.
Leon Battista Alberti
We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.
Leon Battista Alberti
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.
Leon Battista Alberti
