Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

Italian - Artist April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519

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Tears come from the heart and not from the brain. - Leonardo da Vinci

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain. Leonardo da Vinci

Sad, Heart, Brain, Tears, Come

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. - Leonardo da Vinci

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci

Learning, Death, Live, Thought, Die, How

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis 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. Leonardo da Vinci

Love, Smile, Strength, Heart, Business

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci

Simplicity, Brainy, Sophistication

Learning never exhausts the mind. - Leonardo da Vinci

Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci

Learning, Mind, Never

Water is the driving force of all nature. - Leonardo da Vinci

Water is the driving force of all nature. Leonardo da Vinci

Nature, Water, Driving, Force

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

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

Life, Death, Day, Happy, Sleep, Well

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. - Leonardo da Vinci

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci

Silence, Power, Nothing, Authority, Much

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake? - Leonardo da Vinci

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake? Leonardo da Vinci

Dreams, Imagination, Eye, See, Why, More

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. - Leonardo da Vinci

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. Leonardo da Vinci

Learning, Joy, Understanding, Pleasure

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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. - Leonardo da Vinci

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Leonardo da Vinci

Men, Own, Opinions, Deception, Greatest

The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow. Leonardo da Vinci

Light, Shadow, Darkness, Lie, Detail

Art is never finished, only abandoned. - Leonardo da Vinci

Art is never finished, only abandoned. Leonardo da Vinci

Art, Never, Only, Abandoned, Finished

To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another. Leonardo da Vinci

Nature, Plants, You, Trees, Plant, Find

Who sows virtue reaps honor. - Leonardo da Vinci

Who sows virtue reaps honor. Leonardo da Vinci

Honor, Memorial Day, Virtue, Who

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

Eyes, Walk, Travel, You, Long, Earth

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Leonardo da Vinci

Enough, Doing, Knowing, Urgency, Being

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. - Leonardo da Vinci

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci

Knowledge, True, Shouting, Where

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. Leonardo da Vinci

Practice, Ship, Never, Sailor, Without

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. Leonardo da Vinci

Marriage, Hope, Bag, Your, Like, Out

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. - Leonardo da Vinci

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. Leonardo da Vinci

Work, Art, Engineering, Human, Foot

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Leonardo da Vinci

Water, Mind, Purity, Inaction, Iron, Sap

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. - Leonardo da Vinci

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. Leonardo da Vinci

Wisdom, Beginning, End, Than, Resist

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. Leonardo da Vinci

People, Brainy, See, Three, Who, Those

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. - Leonardo da Vinci

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. Leonardo da Vinci

Pet, Masterpiece, Smallest

There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all. Leonardo da Vinci

Memory, Smell, Desire, Taste, Three, Two

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