If you are on the side whence the wind is blowing you will see the trees looking much lighter than you would… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
To speak of this subject you must... explain the nature of the resistance of the air, in the second the anatomy of… — 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
In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of… — 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
A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this… — 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
