Light Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

Of the original phenomena, light is the most enthralling.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

— Leonardo da Vinci

A gray day provides the best light.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The eye which turns from a white object in the light of the sun and goes into a less fully lighted place…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The light and heat of the universe comes from the sun, and its cold and darkness from the withdrawal of the sun.

— Leonardo da Vinci

To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Love shows itself more in adversitythan in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place isdarkest.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The mole has very small eyes and it always lives under ground; and it lives as long as it is in the…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The vivacity and brightness of colors in a landscape will never bear any comparison with a landscape in nature when it is…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The first of all simple colours is White ... We shall set down White for the representative of light, without which no…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Shadows which you see with difficulty, and whose boundaries you cannot define... these you should not represent as finished or sharply defined,…

— Leonardo da Vinci

A single and distinct luminous body causes stronger relief in the objects than a diffused light; as may be seen by comparing…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Very great charm of shadow and light is to be found in the faces of those who sit in the doors of…

— Leonardo da Vinci

After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art, but one that does not in the execution require the same supreme ingenuity as…

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and…

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by…

— Leonardo da Vinci

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The first of all single colors is white ... We shall set down white for the representative of light, without which no…

— Leonardo da Vinci