Filippo Brunelleschi Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Filippo Brunelleschi:
Many are ready, when listening to the inventor, to belittle and deny his achievements so that he will no longer be heard in honourable places, but after some months or a year, they use the inventor’s words in speech or writing or design.
~Filippo Brunelleschi
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The gifts given to us by God must not be relinquished to those who speak ill of them and who are moved by envy or ignorance.
~Filippo Brunelleschi
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I propose to build for eternity.
~Filippo Brunelleschi
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We must not show to all and sundry the secrets of the waters flowing in ocean and river, or the devices that work on these waters. Let there be convened a council of experts and masters in mechanical art to deliberate what is needed to compose and construct these works.
~Filippo Brunelleschi
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To disclose too much of one’s inventions and achievements is one and the same thing as to give up the fruit of one’s ingenuity.
~Filippo Brunelleschi
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
~Filippo Brunelleschi
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