Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works.

Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large that which is small.

Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.

There are many kinds of beauty as people who possess it.

Study the science of art and the art of science.

Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

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.

An artist’s studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it.

Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly.

He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings. If the dwelling is dirty and neglected, the body will be kept by its soul in the same condition, dirty and neglected.

The greater the man’s soul, the deeper he loves.