When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
—Leon Battista Alberti
Topics: Heaven
A man can do all things if he but wills them.
—Leon Battista Alberti
Topics: Will, Willpower, Will Power
Beauty: The adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.
—Leon Battista Alberti
Topics: Beauty
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- Michelangelo Italian Painter
- David Hockney British Artist
- Giacomo Leopardi Italian Poet
- Frank Lloyd Wright American Architect
- Thomas Aquinas Italian Catholic Priest
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