Leon Battista Alberti

Architect

1404-02-14

Quotes by Leon Battista Alberti

• Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

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• 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.

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• ... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.

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