Affective gestures pointing to things near either in time or space should be made with the hand not very far from the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A man was desired to rise from bed because the sun was already up. He replied: "If I had as far to… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I would venture to affirm that a man cannot attain excellence if he satisfy the ignorant and not those of his own… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
To discover the soul living in somebody's body, we watch the surrounding of the body, and if it's messy and disordered, so… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If we make mistakes in our first compositions and do not know them, we may not amend them. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Be eager to lend a patient ear to the opinions of others and think long and hard whether whoever finds fault has… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Never make heads straight on the shoulders, but turn them aside to the right or to the left, even though they look… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The spirit cannot die; and man, who… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you call painting dumb poetry, the painter may call poetry blind painting. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Do not imitate one another's style. If you do, so far as your art is concerned you will be called a grandson,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Men and words are ready made, and you, O Painter, if you do not know how to make your figures move, are… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
What induces you, oh man, to depart from your home in town, to leave parents and friends, and go to the countryside… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Study me, reader, if you delight in me, because on very few occasions shall I return to the world, and because the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer… — 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
