A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with the other waves. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Of the four elements water is the second in weight and the second in respect of mobility. It is never at rest… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“No counsel is more sincere than that given on ships which are in danger.” — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
If you throw a stone in a pond... the waves which strike against the shores are thrown back towards the spot where… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Putting your hand into a river, you simultaneously touch the last of what is passing and the first of what is coming. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with as many other waves as there are uneven places in the object… — 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
