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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The painter who draws by practise and judgment of the eye without the use of reason is like the mirror which reproduces… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The merit of painting lies in the exactness of reproduction. Painting is a science and all sciences are based on mathematics. No… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“Look at walls splashed with a number of stains, or stones of various mixed colours. If you have to invent some scene,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“How may paintings have preserved the image of a divine beauty which in its natural manifestation has been rapidly overtaken by time… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“If the painter wishes to see beauties that charm him, it lies in his power to create them, and if he wishes… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Now do you not see that the eye embraces the beauty of the whole world? It counsels and corrects all the arts… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The mind of a painter should be like a mirror which is filled with as many images as there are things placed… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain very little. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
One painter ought never to imitate the manner of any other; because in that case he cannot be called the child of… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed… — 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
