Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
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The Medici created and destroyed me.
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Observe the light and consider its beauty. Blink your eye and look at it. That which you see was not there at first, and that which was there is there no more.
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He who walks straight rarely falls.
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To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.
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Reserve the great matters till the end, and the small matters give at the beginning.
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Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.
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The cock does not crow till it has thrice flapped its wings; the parrot in moving among boughs never puts its feet excepting where it has first put its beak. Vows are not made till Hope is dead.
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Of the horse I will say nothing because I know the times.
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The painter strives and competes with nature.
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Just as eating against one’s will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.1
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The atmosphere is blue by reason of the darkness above it because black and white make blue.
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To manage the large mould make a model of the small mould, make a small room in proportion.
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Sculptured figures which appear in motion, will, in their standing position, actually look as if they were falling forward.
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The body which is nearest to the light casts the largest shadow, and why? If an object placed in front of a single light is very close to it you will see that it casts a very large shadow on the opposite wall, and the farther you remove the object from the light the smaller will the image of the shadow become.
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A point is not part of a line.
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Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics.
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A dark object seen against a bright background will appear smaller than it is. A light object will look larger when it is seen against a background darker than itself.
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What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art.
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The wind which passes through the skins of animals will make men leap up:-That is the bagpipes, which cause men to dance.
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Truth was the only daughter of Time.
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Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Pharisees - that is to say, friars.
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Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.
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Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.
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It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.