Inspirational Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci · Page 2

Not to anticipate is already to moan.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Good writing comes from good talent.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Nothing is hidden under the sun.

— Leonardo da Vinci

When you are alone you are all your own.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Nature alone is the master of true genius.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I love those who can smile in trouble...

— Leonardo da Vinci

He turns not back who is bound to a star.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Fear arises sooner than anything else.

— Leonardo da Vinci

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The five senses are the ministers of the soul.

— Leonardo da Vinci

All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Avoid studies of which the result dies with the worker.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The faculty of imagination is both the rudder and the bridle of the senses.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.

— Leonardo da Vinci

We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The knowledge of all things is possible

— Leonardo da Vinci

Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I wish to work miracles...

— Leonardo da Vinci

Music... is the shaping of the invisible.

— Leonardo da Vinci

A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with the other waves.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.

— Leonardo da Vinci

He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

— Leonardo da Vinci

When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is useful to constantly observe, note, and consider.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Instrumental or mechanical science is the noblest and above all others, the most useful.

— Leonardo da Vinci

That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The eye - which sees all objects reversed - retains the images for some time.

— Leonardo da Vinci

He who despises painting has no love for the philosophy in nature.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose

— Leonardo da Vinci

Abbreviators do harm to knowledge and to love.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The days are long enough for those who use them.

— Leonardo da Vinci