--- title: "8 Draws Quotes By Leonardo da Vinci" description: "8 Draws quotes by Leonardo da Vinci. Plus more from Leonardo da Vinci and more Draws sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/leonardo-da-vinci-330_artist_the-painter-who-draws-by-practise-and-ju_206165.jpg" --- > [The painter who draws by practise and judgment of the eye without the use of reason is like the mirror which reproduces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-painter-who-draws-by-practise-and-judgment-of-the-eye-without-the/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/leonardo-da-vinci-330_artist_the-painter-who-draws-by-practise-and-ju_206165.jpg) > [The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish... because it draws water as its breath instead of air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-body-of-the-earth-is-of-the-nature-of-a-fish-because-it-draws/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/leonardo-da-vinci-330_air_the-body-of-the-earth-is-of-the-nature-o_445613.jpg) > [Weight is caused by one element being situated in another; and it moves by the shortest line towards its centre, not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/weight-is-caused-by-one-element-being-situated-in-another-and-it/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/leonardo-da-vinci-330_caused_weight-is-caused-by-one-element-being-si_488824.jpg) > [And you who wish to represent by words the form of man and all the aspects of his membrification, relinquish that idea.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/and-you-who-wish-to-represent-by-words-the-form-of-man-and-all-the/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/leonardo-da-vinci-330_aspect_and-you-who-wish-to-represent-by-words-t_1299032.jpg) > [The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-painter-who-draws-merely-by-practice-and-by-eye-without-any/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/leonardo-da-vinci-330_conscious_the-painter-who-draws-merely-by-practice_1354095.jpg) > [He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/he-who-draws-ought-to-take-his-position-so-that-the-eye-of-the-figure/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/leonardo-da-vinci-330_drawing_he-who-draws-ought-to-take-his-position_1713958.jpg) > [Very great charm of shadow and light is to be found in the faces of those who sit in the doors of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/very-great-charm-of-shadow-and-light-is-to-be-found-in-the-faces-of/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/leonardo-da-vinci-330_beauty_very-great-charm-of-shadow-and-light-is_2237911.jpg) > [When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/when-you-draw-a-nude-sketch-the-whole-figure-and-nicely-fit-the/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/leonardo-da-vinci-330_beauty_when-you-draw-a-nude-sketch-the-whole-fi_2662701.jpg) ## Other authors on Draws ## More by Leonardo da Vinci > [The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-evil-which-does-me-no-harm-is-like-the-good-which-in-no-wise/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/a-painter-should-begin-every-canvas-with-a-wash-of-black-because-all/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/nothing-can-be-love-or-hated-unless-it-is-first-known/) [Leonardo Da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/an-arch-consists-of-two-weaknesses-which-leaning-one-against-the/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [But to me all sciences seem vain and full of error that are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, and do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/but-to-me-all-sciences-seem-vain-and-full-of-error-that-are-not-born/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [“Time stays long enough for those who use it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/time-stays-long-enough-for-those-who-use-it/) [Leonardo Da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/it-is-ordained-that-to-the-ambitious-who-derive-no-satisfaction-from/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/be-a-mirror-absorb-everything-around-you-and-still-remain-the-same/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/your-brain-is-much-better-than-you-think-just-use-it/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Necessity is a guardian in Nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/necessity-is-a-guardian-in-nature/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/human-subtlety-will-never-devise-an-invention-more-beautiful-more/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/people-reveal-themselves-completely-only-when-they-are-thrown-out-of/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/to-be-a-winner-you-must-want-to-win-but-must-know-of-the-chance-of/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that among trees of the same kind there would not be found one which nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/nature-is-so-delightful-and-abundant-in-its-variations-that-among/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Wisdom is the daughter of experience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/wisdom-is-the-daughter-of-experience/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/draws/leonardo-da-vinci/#itemlist", "name": "8 Draws Quotes By Leonardo da Vinci", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The painter who draws by practise and judgment of the eye without the use of reason is like the mirror which reproduces within itself all the objects which are set opposite to it without knowledge of the same.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leonardo da Vinci" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-painter-who-draws-by-practise-and-judgment-of-the-eye-without-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/leonardo-da-vinci-330_artist_the-painter-who-draws-by-practise-and-ju_206165.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/leonardo-da-vinci-330_artist_the-painter-who-draws-by-practise-and-ju_206165.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/leonardo-da-vinci-330_artist_the-painter-who-draws-by-practise-and-ju_206165.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The painter who draws by practise and judgment of the eye without the use of reason is like the mirror which…” — Leonardo da Vinci", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish... because it draws water as its breath instead of air.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leonardo da Vinci" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-body-of-the-earth-is-of-the-nature-of-a-fish-because-it-draws/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/leonardo-da-vinci-330_air_the-body-of-the-earth-is-of-the-nature-o_445613.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/leonardo-da-vinci-330_air_the-body-of-the-earth-is-of-the-nature-o_445613.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/leonardo-da-vinci-330_air_the-body-of-the-earth-is-of-the-nature-o_445613.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish... because it draws water as its breath instead of air.” — Leonardo da Vinci", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Weight is caused by one element being situated in another; 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