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Should Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- This work should commence with the conception of man, and should describe the nature of the womb, and how the child inhabits it, and in…
- Those who are enamoured of practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and never has any…
- King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou doest only help…
- You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills
- When you are painting you should take a flat mirror and often look at your work within it, and it will then be seen in…
- 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…
- You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds you will be…
- It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or…
- The mind of a painter should be like a mirror which is filled with as many images as there are things placed before him.
- Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory.
- You should often amuse yourself when you take a walk for recreation, in watching and taking note of the attitudes and actions of men as…
- In an atmosphere of uniform density the most distant things seen through it, such as the mountains, in consequence of the great quantity of atmosphere…
- 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…
- The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have it from the…
- Shadows which you see with difficulty, and whose boundaries you cannot define... these you should not represent as finished or sharply defined, for the result…
- An artist's studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it.
- It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as…
- I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
- A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
- The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.
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- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
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- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
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