The first art historian, friend and student of Michelangelo, first to use in print the term "Renaissance,” architect, politician and painter; Vasari praised competition and was one of the first writers to use this term related to economics. The first to write a series of biographies about famous artists and describe the continuity of art, his dedication to artists and their art was so great that he once ran into the peril of a rioting crowd to rescue the pieces from an arm of Michelangelo’s statue “David” they had broken with a bench. Unlike many artists unrecognized until after their death, he was famous during his lifetime, became very wealthy, and even a powerful politician.
“Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence.”
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“As long as art lives, never shall I accept that men are truly dead.”
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“With the active cooperation of enthusiasm and the intellect, inspiration creates marvelous conceptions and all that is excellent and divine come into being.”
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“Too much effort and diligence sometimes saps the vitality and powers of those who never know when to leave off.”
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