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Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519This benign nature so provides that over all the world you find something to imitate. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Nature2 quotes
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. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519This benign nature so provides that over all the world you find something to imitate. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Painting2 quotes
Perspective is the bridle and rudder of painting. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Argument from authority1 quote
Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Circle of life1 quote
Man and animal are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1508Elegance of nature1 quote
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. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Inaction1 quote
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Leisure1 quote
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1568Logical fallacies1 quote
Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Man and animals1 quote
Man and animal are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1508Man and nature1 quote
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. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Poetry1 quote
Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Stagnation1 quote
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Staying active1 quote
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Success1 quote
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1568Work1 quote
Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1568