A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 112

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud

Of those who apply themselves to the Practice, without having learnt the Theory of the Art

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4004878A Treatise on Painting — Of those who apply themselves to the Practice, without having learnt the Theory of the ArtJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE.

Chap. CXII.—Of those who apply themselves to the Practice, without having learnt the Theory of the Art.

Those who become enamoured of the practice of the art, without having previously applied to the diligent study of the scientific part of it, may be compared to mariners, who put to sea in a ship without rudder or compass, and therefore cannot be certain of arriving at the wished-for port.

Practice must always be founded on good theory; to this, Perspective is the guide and entrance, without which nothing can be well done.

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