The eye, the window of the soul, is the chief means whereby the understanding can most fully and abundantly appreciate the infinite… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is… — 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
