Benvenuto Cellini quotes
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“There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”
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“Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”
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“One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”
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“The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”
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“All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : "Vita di Benvenuto Cellini" by G. P. Carpani, vol. 3, p. 199, 1821.
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“A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between a painting and sculpture is the difference between a shadow and the thing which casts it.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : 1547 Letter to Benedetto Varchi.
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“I say that the art of sculpture is eight times as great as any other art based on drawing, because a statue has eight views and they must all be equally good.”
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“Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (2014). “The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini”, p.279, Lulu Press, Inc
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“Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (1952). “Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini: a Florentine Artist”
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“Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.”
-- Benvenuto CelliniSource : Benvenuto Cellini (2010). “The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XXXI (in 51 Volumes)”, p.12, Cosimo, Inc.
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