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“Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet.”

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose works and ideas had a profound influence on the world. He was a renowned painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist, musician, and engineer. more

“The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have it from the South, keep the window screened with cloth, so that with the sun shining the whole day the light may not vary. The height of the light so arranged as that every object shall cast a shadow on the ground of the same length as itself.”

Ifs Should May Whole Light Order Sun Objects Shadow Window Shining South Casts Drawing Height Length Vary

Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

“The vivacity and brightness of colors in a landscape will never bear any comparison with a landscape in nature when it is illumined by the sun, unless the painting is placed in such a position that it will receive the same light from the sun as does the landscape.”

Doe Light Sun Position Color Painting Bears Landscape Comparison Brightness Vivacity

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“Shadows which you see with difficulty, and whose boundaries you cannot define... these you should not represent as finished or sharply defined, for the result would be that your work would seem wooden.”

Should Light Seems Would Be Results Shadow Difficulty Finished Boundaries Defined

Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

“Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man's opinion... Since men are able to form a true judgement as to the works of nature, how much more does it behoove us to admit that they are able to judge our faults.”

Men Doe Able Form Opinion Painting Judging Listening Ought Faults Refuse Judgement Painting A Picture

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“The mind of a painter should be like a mirror which is filled with as many images as there are things placed before him.”

Should Mind Mirrors Filled Painter

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“If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise in exposing your work to the public, you will expose your error also.”

Ifs Criticism Errors Exposing Criticism Of Others

Book:Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists

Source: Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists

“We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own.”

Knows Wells Mistake

Book:Notebooks

Source: Notebooks

“He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own... because, generally, figures or people whom you meet in the streets all have their eyes at the same level as yours, and if you make them higher or lower you will find that your portrait will not resemble them.”

People Ifs Eye Levels Streets Figures Position Ought Higher Models Draws Drawing Portraits

Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

“He who despises painting has no love for the philosophy in nature.”

Philosophy Painting Despise No Love

Book:Notebooks

Source: Notebooks

“If anyone wishes to see how the soul dwells in its body, let him observe how this body uses its daily habitation; that is to say, if this is devoid of order and confused, the body will be kept in disorder and confusion by its soul.”

Ifs Soul Use Body Order Wish Confusion Confused Disorder

Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

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