I Prefer You To Take As Your Model A Mediocre Sculpture Rather Than An Excellent Painting, For From Painted Objects We Train Our Hand Only To Make A Likeness, Whereas From Sculptures We Learn To Represent Both Likeness And Correct Incidence Of Light.

-Leon Battista Alberti

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I Prefer You To Take As Your

Leon Battista Alberti

I Prefer You To Take As Your Model A Mediocre Sculpture Rather Than An Excellent Painting, For From Painted Objects We Train Our Hand Only To Make A Likeness, Whereas From Sculptures We Learn To Represent Both Likeness And Correct Incidence Of Light.

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Light

Hands

Sculpture

Philosophers Say That Nothing Can Be Seen That Is Neither Illuminated Nor Colored.

Philosophy

Philosopher