“How may paintings have preserved the image of a divine beauty which in its natural manifestation has been rapidly overtaken by time or death. Thus, the work of the painter is nobler than that of nature, its mistress.” — 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
To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that among trees of the same kind there would not be found one which nearly… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
