If you are representing a white body let it be surrounded by ample space, because as white has no colour of its… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
![“If a man has a tent made of linen of which the apertures have all been stopped up, and be it twelve bracchia across (over twenty-five feet) and twelve in depth, he will be able to throw himself down from any height without sustaining injury. [His concept of the parachute.]” quote by Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c71/leonardo-da-vinci-330_able_if-a-man-has-a-tent-made-of-linen-of-whi_1700682.jpg)
