Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve. - Leonardo da Vinci

Verrà il tempo in cui l’uomo non dovrà più uccidere per mangiare, ed anche l’uccisione di un solo animale sarà considerato un grave delitto

Disgrace should be represented upside down, because all her deeds are contrary to God and tend to hell.

Whenever you make a figure of a man or of some graceful animal remember to avoid making it seem wooden; that is it should move with counterpoise and balance in such a way as not to seem a block of wood.