The first of all simple colours is White ... We shall set down White for the representative of light, without which no… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects;… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The instant the atmosphere is illuminated it will be filled with an infinite number of images which are produced by the various… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The variety of colour in objects cannot be discerned at a great distance, excepting in those parts which are directly lighted up… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you are representing a white body let it be surrounded by ample space, because as white has no colour of its… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
But to me all sciences seem vain and full of error that are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, and do not… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that among trees of the same kind there would not be found one which nearly… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share
