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

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

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

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

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

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

- 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

Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing.

- 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