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
Many will think they may reasonably blame me by alleging that my proofs are opposed to the authority of certain men held… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work least, for they are thinking out inventions. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“An average human looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I know very well that because I am unlettered some presumptuous people will think they have the right to criticize me, saying… — 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
Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well… — 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
