Errors Accumulate In The Sketch And Compound

A Man Can Do All Things If He Will.

The Greatest Work Of An Artist Is The History Of A Painting.

There Is No Art Which Has Not Had Its Beginnings In Things Full Of Errors. Nothing Is At The Same Time Both New And Perfect.

It Seems Obvious That Colors Vary According To Lights, Because When Any Color Is Placed In The Shade, It Appears To Be Different From The Same Color Which Is Located In Light. Shade Makes Color Dark, Whereas Light Makes Color Bright Where It Strikes.

Perhaps The Artist Who Seeks Dignity Above All In His 'historia', Ought To Represent Very Few Figures; For As Paucity Of Words Imparts Majesty To A Prince, Provided Histhoughts And Orders Are Understood, So The Presence Of Only The Strictly Necessary Numbers Of Bodies Confers Dignity On A Picture.