Quotes by Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Librarian and historian of arts, born thursday december 9, 1717 in Stendal (Germany), died wednesday june 8, 1768 in Trieste (Italy)

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
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