Filippo Brunelleschi Quotes
Born: 1377
Filippo Brunelleschi, the Renaissance master who defied gravity and convention, remains a timeless icon of resilience and focus. Rejected for the Florence Cathedral’s dome, he forged an unbreakable will, inventing machinery and optical laws to realize his vision. His philosophy—that unwavering concentration on a singular goal can move mountains—undergirded his revolutionary achievements in architecture and perspective. Brunelleschi’s quotes resonate because they speak to the quiet power of persistence, the refusal to yield to doubt. They remind us that true genius is less about sudden inspiration and more about the relentless, disciplined pursuit of a dream against all odds.
Filippo Brunelleschi Quotes (6)
"I propose to build for eternity."
— Filippo Brunelleschi"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"Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences."
— 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"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"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