Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. (Leon Battista Alberti)

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

Leon Battista Alberti

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