May Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

If you call painting dumb poetry, the painter may call poetry blind painting.

— Leonardo da Vinci

We may call painting the grandchild of nature.

— Leonardo da Vinci

If we make mistakes in our first compositions and do not know them, we may not amend them.

— Leonardo da Vinci

We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.

— Leonardo da Vinci

A deaf and dumb person who sees two men in conversation - may nevertheless understand from the attitudes and gestures of the…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass,…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Those who become enamoured of the art, without having previously applied to the diligent study of the scientific part of it, may…

— Leonardo da Vinci

It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire,…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Many will think they may reasonably blame me by alleging that my proofs are opposed to the authority of certain men held…

— Leonardo da Vinci

When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though…

— 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

Music cannot be called otherwise than the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, a sense second to sight, and…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Music may be called the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, the sense which comes second and her harmony…

— 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

All our knowledge hast its origins in our perceptions … In nature there is no effect without a cause … Experience never…

— Leonardo da Vinci

A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with…

— Leonardo da Vinci

I think it is no small attraction in a painter to be able to give a pleasing air to his figures, and…

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

Although human ingenuity may devise various inventions which, by the help of various instruments, answer to one and the same purpose, yet…

— 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

The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the…

— Leonardo da Vinci

When you look at a wall spotted with stains...you may discover a resemblance to various landscapes, beautiful with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees.…

— Leonardo da Vinci