Leonardo Da Vinci quotes

Nothing strengthens authority so much as …Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Short Silence Strength

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of …One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Success

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than …Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Art Poetry

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for …Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

Inspirational

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things …It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Success

I love those who can smile in …I love those who can smile in trouble...

Love Smile Attitude

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will …I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy …As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

Happiness Death Life Short

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark …A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Nature Art Light

The noblest pleasure is the joy of …The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Understanding Short Knowledge Art

The painter has the Universe in his mind and …The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

Short Art Universe

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes …Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Memory Learning Education Desire






All Leonardo Da Vinci quotes


The knowledge of all things is …The knowledge of all things is possible

Knowledge Possibility Learning

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

Knowing

It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the …It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Short

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the …The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

The smallest feline is a …The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

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