83 Quotations by Leonardo da Vinci
- 1. A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.

- 2. All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

- 3. Anyone who debates by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence -- he is just using his m ...

- 4. Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

- 5. Art is never finished, only abandoned.

- 6. As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings a happy death.

- 7. As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself ...

- 8. Beauty adorns virtue.

- 9. Blinding ignorance does mislead us.
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- 10. Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

- 11. Do not tell lies about the past.

- 12. Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

- 13. Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation. For when you come back to your work your judgm ...

- 14. Every once and a while, go away and take a relaxing break, and then when you come back to your work, ...

- 15. Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

- 16. Experience does not ever err. It is only your judgment that errs in promising itself results which a ...

- 17. He is a poor disciple who does not excel his master.

- 18. He turns not back who is bound to a star.

- 19. He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass ...

- 20. He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year

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