“He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
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Famous Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
Source: Notebooks
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“The mind that engages in subjects of too great variety becomes confused and weakened.”
“Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art”
Source: Da Vinci Notebooks
“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance”
“The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.”
“The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
“Wisdom is the daughter of experience”
Source: Thoughts on Art and Life:
Source: A treatise on painting. To which is prefixed a new life of the author, by J.S. Hawkins
“O time! swift devourer of all created things!”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
Source: Thoughts on Art and Life:
“Truth was the only daughter of Time.”
Source: Notebooks
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.”
“Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.”
Source: Notebooks
“One's thoughts turn towards Hope.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.”