It was the opinion of Leonardo that the temporary nature of music caused its inferiority to painting. Although durability was in itself no absolute t… - Leonardo da Vinci

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It was the opinion of Leonardo that the temporary nature of music caused its inferiority to painting. Although durability was in itself no absolute test, — else the work of coppersmiths would be the highest art, — yet in any final scale, permanence could not altogether be disregarded. Music perished in the very act of its creation, while painting preserved the beautiful from the hand of time.