Italian - Artist | April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519
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
NatureBeautifulSimpleNothingWill
All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.
KnowledgeOurOriginsPerceptions
Each man is always in the middle of the surface of the earth and under the zenith of his own hemisphere, and over the centre of the earth.
ManEarthAlwaysOverOwnMiddle
All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.
LifeKnowledgeWordsDieWillWord
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
ChangeMindStarWhoHeHis
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
WorkMenGeniusDoingActiveMost
People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.
EyesPeopleBurnNothingTalkSee
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the images of as many objects as are in front of it.
MirrorMindAlwaysColourPainter
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
IntelligenceMemoryArgumentJustHe
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
WorkGodQualityReachOffended
The painter who is familiar with the nature of the sinews, muscles, and tendons, will know very well, in giving movement to a limb, how many and which sinews cause it; and which muscle, by swelling, causes the contraction of that sinew; and which sinews, expanded into the thinnest cartilage, surround and support the said muscle.
NatureSupportGivingKnowSaid
Nature never breaks her own laws.
NatureNeverOwnHerLawsBreaks
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