Quotes By Leonardo da Vinci
Polymath
Leonardo da Vinci
Apr 15, 1452 - May 02, 1519
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
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.
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.
The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.
How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.
Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
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.
Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.
One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.
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