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German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)
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“Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.”
“Whoever … proves his point and demonstrates the prime truth geometrically should be believed by all the world, for there we are captured.”
“But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light.”
“The new art must be based upon science — in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.”
“There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows.”
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