Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said … - Baldassare Castiglione

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Great men, great events, great epochs, it has been said, grow as we recede from them; and the rate at which they grow in the estimation of men is in some sort a measure of their greatness.

Baldassare Castiglione

Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort and almost without thought.

Design, Done, Effort, Everything, Show

Same Author Quotes

Beauty, I believe, comes from God; therefore, there can be no beauty without goodness.

Beauty, Believe, God, Goodness, I Believe

Obvious effort is the antithesis of grace.

Antithesis, Effort, Grace, Obvious

I have discovered a universal rule which seems to apply more than any other in all human actions or words: namely, to steer away from affectation at all costs, as if it were a rough and dangerous reef, and (to use perhaps a novel word for it) to practise in all things a certain nonchalance [sprezzatura] which conceals all artistry and makes whatever one says or does seem uncontrived and effortless.

Artistry, Cost, Dangerous, Doe, Human, Use

Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. This loveliness, indeed, is impressed upon the body in varying degrees as a token by which the soul can be recognized for what it is, just as with trees the beauty of the blossom testifies to the goodness of the fruit.

Body, Degrees, Loveliness, Soul, Tree

Employ in everything a certain casualness which conceals art and creates the impression that what is done and said is accomplished without effort and without its being thought about. It is from this, in my opinion, that grace largely derives.

Art, Attitude, Conceals, Creates, Effort