Music cannot be called otherwise than the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, a sense second to sight, and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Music may be called the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, the sense which comes second and her harmony… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Those who fall in love with practice without science are like a sailor who enters a ship without a helm or a… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Sculptured figures which appear in motion, will, in their standing position, actually look as if they were falling forward. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Let the painter composing narrative pictures take pleasure in wealth and variety, and avoid repeating any part that occurs in it, so… — 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 Image
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 Image
An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Image
People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
