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
In an atmosphere of uniform density the most distant things seen through it, such as the mountains, in consequence of the great… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings.… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
No one should ever imitate the style of another because, with regard to art, he will be called a nephew and not… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
In whatever system where the weight attached to the wheel should be the cause of motion of the wheel, without any doubt… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
You should often amuse yourself when you take a walk for recreation, in watching and taking note of the attitudes and actions… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have… — 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
Shadows which you see with difficulty, and whose boundaries you cannot define... these you should not represent as finished or sharply defined,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Affective gestures pointing to things near either in time or space should be made with the hand not very far from the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A man was desired to rise from bed because the sun was already up. He replied: "If I had as far to… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
An artist's studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I say that in narrative paintings one should mingle direct contraries close by, because they produce strong contrasts with one another, and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Never make heads straight on the shoulders, but turn them aside to the right or to the left, even though they look… — 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 worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When you are painting you should take a flat mirror and often look at your work within it, and it will then… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Oh! how foul a thing, that we should see the tongue of one animal in the guts of another. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Those who are enamoured of practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and… — 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
