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

Heart, Sad, 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, Live, Death, 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, Business, Heart

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci

Simplicity, Brainy, Sophistication

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

Learning never exhausts the mind. - Leonardo da Vinci

Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci

Learning, Mind, Never

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, Sleep, Day, Happy, Well

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, Lie, Shadow, Darkness, Detail

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned. Leonardo da Vinci

Art, Never, Abandoned, Only, Finished

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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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, Travel, Walk, Long, Earth, You

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, Opinions, Deception, Own, Greatest

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, Why, See, More

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

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci

Power, Silence, Authority, Nothing, Much

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

Doing, Enough, Urgency, Knowing, Being

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, Masterpiece

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. - Leonardo da Vinci

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. Leonardo da Vinci

Time, Long, Enough, Will, Who, Use

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, End, Beginning, Than, Easier

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. Leonardo da Vinci

Bird, World, Fame, Flight, Glory, Nest

Who sows virtue reaps honor. - Leonardo da Vinci

Who sows virtue reaps honor. Leonardo da Vinci

Honor, Virtue, Memorial Day, Who

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. - Leonardo da Vinci

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. Leonardo da Vinci

Passion, Intelligence, Intellectual, Out

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest. Leonardo da Vinci

Light, Darkness, Painting, Rest, Sight

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. - Leonardo da Vinci

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci

Work, Art, Spirit, Hand, Where, Does

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity. Leonardo da Vinci

Nature, Knowledge, Logic, True, She, Her

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

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, Inaction, Iron, Purity, Sap

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