Johann Joachim Winckelmann Quotes & Sayings

The only way for us to become great, or even inimitable if possible, is to imitate the Greeks. — Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Art is the daughter of pleasure. — Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Grace can never properly be said to exist without beauty; for it is only in the elegant proportions of beautiful forms that can be found that harmonious variety of line and motion which is the essence and charm of grace. — Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Unity and simplicity are the two true sources of beauty. — Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Color contributes to beauty, but it is not beauty. Color should have a minor part in the consideration of beauty, because it is not color but the structure that constitutes its essence. — Johann Joachim Winckelmann