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title: "5 Hearing Quotes By Leonardo da Vinci"
description: "5 Hearing quotes by Leonardo da Vinci. Plus more from Leonardo da Vinci and more Hearing sayings from other authors."
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> [Music cannot be called otherwise than the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, a sense second to sight, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/music-cannot-be-called-otherwise-than-the-sister-of-painting-for-she/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/leonardo-da-vinci-330_dependent_music-cannot-be-called-otherwise-than-th_116123.jpg)

> [There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/there-are-four-powers-memory-and-intellect-desire-and-covetousness/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/leonardo-da-vinci-330_cannot_there-are-four-powers-memory-and-intelle_150867.jpg)

> [Music may be called the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, the sense which comes second and her harmony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/music-may-be-called-the-sister-of-painting-for-she-is-dependent-upon/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/leonardo-da-vinci-330_fall_music-may-be-called-the-sister-of-painti_619370.jpg)

> [Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/nothing-is-more-apt-to-deceive-us-than-our-own-judgment-of-our-work/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/leonardo-da-vinci-330_benefits_nothing-is-more-apt-to-deceive-us-than-o_1270609.jpg)

> [“An average human looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/an-average-human-looks-without-seeing-listens-without-hearing-touches/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/leonardo-da-vinci-330_average_an-average-human-looks-without-seeing-li_1359182.jpg)

## Other authors on Hearing

## 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/)

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