Benvenuto Cellini Quotes

• All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.

  Benvenuto Cellini

  Heaven, Sculpture, Earth

  "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.

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  Men, Differences, Tree

  1547 Letter to Benedetto Varchi.

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• Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.

  Benvenuto Cellini

  Men, Different, Cards

  Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”

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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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  Art, Drawing, Eight

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• One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.

  Benvenuto Cellini

  Responsibility, Discretion

  Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”

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• Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.

  Benvenuto Cellini

  Feet, Wheels, Virtue

  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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• Laws cannot be imposed on him who is the master of the law.

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  Law, Political, Politics

  Benvenuto Cellini (2014). “The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini”, p.279, Lulu Press, Inc

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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 Cellini

  People, Ancestry, Kind

  Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”

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• Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean.

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  Cat, Pet, Fats

  Benvenuto Cellini (1952). “Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini: a Florentine Artist”

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• The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master.

  Benvenuto Cellini

  Men, Law, He Man

  Benvenuto Cellini (1956). “The Autobiography”

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