Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Nature has placed in the front part of man, as he moves, all those parts which when struck cause him to feel… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings.… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. Let us hope that. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you are on the side whence the wind is blowing you will see the trees looking much lighter than you would… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Oh! Speculators on things, boast not of knowing the things that nature ordinarily brings about; but rejoice if you know the end… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you throw a stone in a pond... the waves which strike against the shores are thrown back towards the spot where… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If a man has a tent made of linen of which the apertures have all been stopped up, and be it twelve… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level… — 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
The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite. — 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
