Doe Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

He who does not understand the supreme certainty of mathematics is wallowing in confusion.

— Leonardo da Vinci

He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-pot.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Whoever does not respect life, does not deserve it.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

— Leonardo da Vinci

He who does not oppose evil…commands it to be done.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Love shows itself more in adversitythan in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place isdarkest.

— Leonardo da Vinci

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man's opinion... Since men are able to…

— Leonardo da Vinci

To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The Bactrian have two humps; the Arabian one only. They are swift in battle and most useful to carry burdens. This animal…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The vivacity and brightness of colors in a landscape will never bear any comparison with a landscape in nature when it is…

— Leonardo da Vinci

King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to…

— Leonardo da Vinci

A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this…

— Leonardo da Vinci

King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou…

— Leonardo da Vinci

After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art, but one that does not in the execution require the same supreme ingenuity as…

— Leonardo da Vinci