The secret of art is to correct nature.
Artists
Sandro Botticelli
Born around 1445 in Florence, Botticelli revived ancient mythology in large-scale painting. The Birth of Venus and Primavera lay forgotten for centuries until the Pre-Raphaelites restored his fame.
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Sandro Botticelli's Other Quotes
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God, or Nature.
-- Benedictus de Spinoza
For truly art lies hidden in nature; whoever can draw it out possesses it.
-- Albrecht Dürer
A good painter is inwardly full of figures.
-- Albrecht Dürer
To paint a beautiful woman I would need to see many, but since beautiful women are scarce, I make use of a certain idea that comes to my mind.
-- Raphael
I hold the imitation of color to be the greatest difficulty of art.
-- El Greco
I do not copy nature; I reveal it.
-- Caravaggio