Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

There will be great winds by reason of which things of the East will become things of the West; and those of the South, being involved in the course of the winds, will follow them to distant lands.

Love, Fear, and Esteem, — Write these on three stones.

A point is not part of a line.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Întrucât nu poți face ce doreşti, doreşte-ți ceea ce poți face.

Perché la minestra si fredda.

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.

To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.

That which has no limitations, has no form. The limitations of two conterminous bodies are interchangeably the surface of each. All the surfaces of a body are not parts of that body.

Like a whirling wind which rushes down a sandy and hollow valley, and which, in its hasty course, drives to its centre every thing that opposes its furious course... No otherwise does the Northern blast whirl round in its tempestuous progress...

O time, swift robber of all created things, how many kings, how many nations hast thou undone, and how many changes of states and of various events have happened since the wondrous forms of this fish perished here in this cavernous and winding recess. Now destroyed by time thou liest patiently in this confined space with bones stripped and bare; serving as a support and prop for the superimposed mountain.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

Pada saat saya berpikir bahwa saya telah belajar bagaimana hidup, sebenarnya saya telah belajar cara untuk mati.