He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect. — 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 senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Experience, the interpreter between creative nature and the human race, teaches the action of nature among mortals: how under the constraint of… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
To enjoy - to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason. — 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
Demetrius was wont to say that there was no difference between the words and speech of the unskilled and ignorant and the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Be eager to lend a patient ear to the opinions of others and think long and hard whether whoever finds fault has… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
This work should commence with the conception of man, and should describe the nature of the womb, and how the child inhabits… — 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
