Famous quotes or statements by Lorenzo De Medici?

Answer 1

Here are some quotes or statements by Lorenzo de Medici=

Three things in my judgment are called for for a perfect work of painting, namely, a good support, a wall or wood or cloth or whatever it may be, on which the paint is applied; a master who is very good both in drawing and in color; and, besides this, that the matters painted be, in their own nature, attractive and pleasant to the eyes. -Lorenzo de Medici (1449 - 1492) -

Whoever wants to be happy, let him be so: of tomorrow there's no knowing. -Lorenzo de medici-

How beautiful is youth, that is always slipping away! -Lorenzo de medici-

Too much knowing is misery -Lorenzo de Medici-

__"I think it casts a brilliant light on our estate [pubic reputation] and it seems to me that the monies were well spent and I am very pleased with this."

~ Lorenzo de' Medici

__"What I have dreamed in one hour is worth more than what you have done in four."

~ Lorenzo de' Medici (to a friend who scolded him for sleeping late, qtd. in Baldassare Castiglione, "The Book of the Courtier")

__"...I was approaching town along the road that leads into the portal of Faenza, when I observed such throngs proceeding through the streets, that I won't even dare to guess how many men made up the retinue. The names of many I could easily say: I knew a number of them personally...There's one I saw among those myriads, with whom I'd been close friends for many years, as I had known him since we'd both been lads...."

~ Lorenzo de' Medici (from his narrative poem, "Il Simposio," qtd. in Miles J. Unger's "Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici." New York: Simon & Schuster. 2008. Print.)