To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It reflects no great honour on a painter to be able to execute one thing well. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A deaf and dumb person who sees two men in conversation - may nevertheless understand from the attitudes and gestures of the… — 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
Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from… — 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
When you look at a wall spotted with stains...you may discover a resemblance to various landscapes, beautiful with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees.… — 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
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
It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head,… — 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
