When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it was a pity that in Venice …

- Giorgio Vasari

The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of the torso, back, legs, arms and …

- Giorgio Vasari

In my opinion painters owe to Giotto, the Florentine painter, exactly the same debt they owe to nature, which constantly serves them as a model and w…

- Giorgio Vasari

Leonardo da Vinci was a man of regal spirit and tremendous breadth of mind; and his name became so famous that not only was he esteemed during his li…

- Giorgio Vasari

One of the worst things that can happen to a man is for him to work and study hard in order to benefit others and make his own name and then be preve…

- Giorgio Vasari

Paolo Uccello's wife told people that Paolo used to stay up all night in his study trying to work out the vanishing points of his perspective. When …

- Giorgio Vasari

Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with …

- Giorgio Vasari

I wish to be of service to the artists of our own day, by showing them how a small beginning leads to the highest elevation, and how from so noble a …

- Giorgio Vasari

These rough sketches, which are born in an instant in the heat of inspiration, express the idea of their author in a few strokes, while on the other …

- Giorgio Vasari