Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory. — 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
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
Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the sailor who gets into a ship without rudder or compass… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The soul can never be corrupted with the corruption of the body, but it is like the wind which causes the sound… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Let proportion be found not only in numbers and measures, but also in sounds, weights, times, and positions, and what ever force… — 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
