No man who has not studied the sciences can make a work that shall bring
him great praise, save from ignorant and easily satisfied persons.

_Jean Goujon._


XLIX

He that would be a painter must have a natural turn thereto.

Love and delight therein are better teachers of the Art of Painting than
compulsion is.

If a man is to become a really good painter he must be educated thereto
from his very earliest years. He must copy much of the work of good
artists until he attain a free hand.

To paint is to be able to portray upon a flat surface any visible thing
whatsoever that may be chosen.

It is well for any one first to learn how to divide and reduce to
measure the human figure, before learning anything else.

_Dürer._


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The painter requires such knowledge of mathematics as belongs to
painting, and severance from companions who are not in sympathy with