Art Is Embedded In Nature

He That Would Be A Painter Must Have A Natural Turn Thereto. Love And Delight Therein Are Better Of The Art Of Painting Than Compulsion.

No Single Man Can Be Taken As A Model For A Perfect Figure, For No Man Lives On Earth Who Is Endowed With The Whole Of Beauty.

And Since Geometry Is The Right Foundation Of All Painting, I Have Decided To Teach Its Rudiments And Principles To All Youngsters Eager For Art. . .

As I Grew Older, I Realized That It Was Much Better To Insist On The Genuine Forms Of Nature, For Simplicity Is The Greatest Adornment Of Art.

There Is No Man On Earth Who Can Give A Final Judgment On What The Most Beautiful Shape May Be. Only God Knows.