Since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. - Albrecht Dürer

There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows.

But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light.

The new art must be based upon science — in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.