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pure natural talent

>>4777326
no he was italian

>>4777326
Talent doesn't mean shit if you don't nurture and and put time in it.

No, he was smart. You can call that a "talent", but the difference is he was good at everything he did.

If thou art alone, thou wilt belong to thyself only: if thou hast but one companion, thou wilt only half belong to thyself, and ever less in proportion to the indiscretion of his conduct; and if thou hast many companions, thou wilt encounter {102}the same disadvantage. And if thou shouldst say: "I will follow my own inclination, I will withdraw into seclusion in order the better to study the forms of natural objects"—I say thou wilt with difficulty be able to do this, because thou wilt not be able to refrain from constantly listening to their chatter; and, not being able to serve two masters, thou wilt play the part of a companion ill, and still worse will be the evil effect on thy studies in art. And if thou sayest: "I will withdraw myself, so that their words cannot reach and disturb me"—I, with regard to this, say thou wilt be regarded as a madman; but seest thou not that by so doing thou wilt be alone also?

And know that thou must contend with all thy might against this fault inasmuch as it is a defect which originated with the intellect; because the {120}spirit which governs thy body is that which is thine own intellect, and it is inclined to take pleasure in works similar to that which it accomplished in forming its body. And this is the reason that there is no woman, however ugly, who does not find a lover, unless she be monstrous. So remember to ascertain the defects of thy person and to avoid reproducing them in the figures thou dost compose.

And if the poet says he can incite men to love, which is the most important fact among every kind of animal, the painter can do the same, all the more so because he presents the lover with the image of his beloved; and the lover often does with it what he would not do with the writer's delineation of the same charms, i.e. talk with it and kiss it; so great is the painter's influence on the minds of men that he incites them to love and {79}become enamoured of a picture which does not represent any living woman.

The youth should first learn perspective, and then the measurements of every object; he should then copy from some good master to accustom himself to well-drawn forms, then from nature to acquire confirmation of the theories he has learnt; then he should study for a time the works of various masters, and finally attain the {107}habit of putting into practice and producing his art.

>>4777326
Superior artist coming through

>>4777387
Might as well add that "not real" to the left side as well, considering how fake many are until you find out way too late.

He just drew a lot and learnt from great teachers

>>4777373
>>4777378
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>>4777395
Gtfo Scott, why learn perspective like a virgin Kim Jung Gi when I can just scribble boobies and hips to make animu waifus like Chad Shad

He was on fact several persons, he wasnt real.

>>4777326
No he was a party dude

I just grinded loomis

>>4777326
That depends on how you define talent. He achieved quite a bit because he was observant, ambitious, and stayed curious about the world around him. He never grew content with his knowledge or abilities. He wasn't some unapproachable supra-genius who found everything easy, he just ended up learning and achieving a lot because he never stopped studying new things and working on new projects. He also had the advantage of being tutored by some very skilled and knowledgeable individuals.

>>4777352
He had his weaknesses. Despite having a good tutor, he struggled to grasp even fairly basic algebra, and he never managed to become particularly fluent in Latin despite spending a fair bit of time studying it (though this eventually ceased to be a concern due to the rise of the printing press.)