Great love is born of great knowledge of the thing that is loved, and if you do not know it, you can… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The lover is moved by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which perceives, and it unites with it and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The eye - which sees all objects reversed - retains the images for some time. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
For in truth great love is born of great knowledge of the thing loved. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business… — 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
He who despises painting has no love for the philosophy in nature. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able… — 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
“Love is something so ugly that the human race would die out if lovers could see what they were doing” — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the sailor who gets into a ship without rudder or compass… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. — 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
