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First Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this by means of…
- 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…
- For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.
- The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the…
- The first of all single colors is white ... We shall set down white for the representative of light, without which no color can be…
- The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane
- To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first-hand experience…
- There are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how the size of objects seems to diminish according to distance: the second,…
- The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest…
- The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats…
- In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
- Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.
- The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing…
- The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing.…
- When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to…
- In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which…
- There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and…
- Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.
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