Quotes By Leonardo da Vinci

The cicatrices of trees grow in thickness more than the sap that flows through them and nourishes them requires.

All the branches of trees at every stage of their height, united to-gether, are equal to the thickness of their trunk.

All seeds have the umbilical cord, which breaks when the seed is ripe. And in like manner they have matrix and secundina, as is seen in herbs and all the seeds which grow in pods. But those which grow in shells, such as hazel-nuts, pistachio-nuts and the like have the umbilical cord long, and this shows itself in their infancy.

The water wears away the mountains and fills up the valleys, and if it had the power it would reduce the earth to a perfect sphere.

Opposite the castle of Bellagio is an insignificant stream which falls from a height of more than a hundred braccia from the spring where it rises sheer into the lake with inconceivable din and uproar. This spring flows only in August and September.

A bird as it rises always sets its wings above the wind and without beating them, and it always moves in a circular movement.