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Art Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he…
- After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art, but one that does not in the execution require the same supreme ingenuity as the art of…
- O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and…
- In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and then in his…
- One painter ought never to imitate the manner of any other; because in that case he cannot be called the child of nature, but the…
- The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the…
- How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.
- Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
- I love this site. It was lovingly hand-shaped it. Your soul transformed this into this art. It was perfect. I have tried to create another…
- A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.
- Now do you not see that the eye embraces the beauty of the whole world? It counsels and corrects all the arts of mankind... it…
- Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.
- He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement.
- Study the science of art and the art of science.
- Do not imitate one another's style. If you do, so far as your art is concerned you will be called a grandson, rather than the…
- No one should ever imitate the style of another because, with regard to art, he will be called a nephew and not a child of…
- O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown is a far…
- Art is never finished, only abandoned.
- There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
- The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
- The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
- Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
- All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.
- Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
- A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
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