Leonardo da Vinci quotes - page 4

Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, by means of a pyramid of lines. The Pyramid is the name I apply to the lines which, starting from the surface and edges of each object, converge from a distance and meet in a single point. (Leonardo da Vinci)
Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light. View quote
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The grave will fall in upon him who digs it. View quote
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Things that are separate shall be united and acquire such virtue that they will restore to man his lost memory. View quote
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Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth. View quote
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When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction. View quote
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All objects transmit their image to the eye in pyramids, and the nearer to the eye these pyramids are intersected the smaller will the image appear of the objects which cause them. View quote
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When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there. There will be eternal fame also for the inhabitants of that town, constructed and enlarged by him. View quote
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Oh! how foul a thing, that we should see the tongue of one animal in the guts of another. View quote
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We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God. View quote
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An infinite number of men will sell publicly and unhindered things of the very highest price, without leave from the Master of it; while it never was theirs nor in their power; and human justice will not prevent it. (Leonardo da Vinci)
Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end. View quote
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Let no man who is not a Mathematician read the elements of my work. View quote
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He who offends others, does not secure himself. View quote
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The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing. The work is the first thing born of this union; if the thing loved is base the lover becomes base. View quote
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To enjoy-to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason. View quote
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The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude. View quote
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Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory. That is the papyrus sheets, which are formed out of several strips and preserve the memory of the thoughts and deeds of men. View quote
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Nothing is so much to be feared as Evil Report. View quote
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Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold. View quote
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Movement will fail sooner than usefulness. (Leonardo da Vinci)
O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and ruthless stepmother? I see thy children given into slavery to others without ever receiving any benefit, and in lieu of any reward for the services they have done for them they are repaid by the severest punishments. View quote
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Necessity is the mistress and guardian of Nature. View quote
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I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental. View quote
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Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other's language. View quote
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