Leonardo da Vinci, the “universal genius,” was a painter, architect, sculptor, military engineer. Leonardo da Vinci Born in Florence as an illegitimate child, Leonardo da Vinci received his early education in a painter’s workshop;Leonardo da Vinci Andrea del Verrocchio was the one to introduce young da Vinci to the art world. But art alone couldn’t cover Leo’s unlimited curiosity of his surroundings, so he also studied the laws of science and nature.Wikipedia
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
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.
Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
Learning never exhausts the mind.
Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes on Simplicity
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes on Flight
Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a good memory, which nature has given to us, causes things long past to seem present.
The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes about Life
Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes on Love
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tic the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.
Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.
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