- We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.... Leon Battista Alberti {view}
- Painting is possessed of a divine power, for not only . . . does it make the absent present, but it also, after many centuries, makes the dead almost alive, so that they are recognized with great admiration . . .... Leon Battista Alberti {view}
- Men can do all things if they will... Leon Battista Alberti {view}