Italian - Artist | April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519
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
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Art is never finished, only abandoned.
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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.
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Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
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The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
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Who sows virtue reaps honor.
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There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
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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.
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Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
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Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
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