Adults Quote by Sigmund Freud

Leonardo da Vinci was comfortable being illegitimate, gay, a misfit, a heretic. But he also respected other people. He didn't get into disputations. He…

— Walter Isaacson

“such humble beginnings, where in his time his life would have been given no credence to be anything more than an illegitimate son, Leonardo…

— Hourly History

“Leonardo had almost no schooling and could barely read Latin or do long division. His genius was of the type we can understand, even…

— Walter Isaacson

Leonardo da Vinci was a man of regal spirit and tremendous breadth of mind; and his name became so famous that not only was…

— Giorgio Vasari

“Leonardo became known in Milan not only for his talents but also for his good looks, muscular build, and gentle personal style. “He was…

— Walter Isaacson

The young Leonardo was a bit too fiery.

— Leonardo Bonucci

Leonardo is the Hamlet of art history whom each of us must recreate for himself.

— Kenneth Clark

Leonardo da Vinci was lucky to be born the same year that Johannes Gutenberg opened his printing shop. As a young person, he could…

— Walter Isaacson

Great men have the nature of a child.

— Ramakrishna

“God became man; the divine Son became a Jew; the Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do more than…

— Timothy J. Keller

The great man is not the child of his age but its step-child.

— Georg Brandes

Da Vinci always seemed like the prototype Tony Stark to me.

— David S. Goyer