Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least, for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea th…

- 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

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

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

- 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

Man was not then considered a good goldsmith unless he could draw well.

- 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

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

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

- Giorgio Vasari