Leonardo da Vinci quotes - page 6

Many will be busied in taking away from a thing, which will grow in proportion as it is diminished. (Leonardo da Vinci)
The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them. View quote
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Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres. View quote
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Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness. View quote
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Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a poor master who makes only a single figure well. View quote
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You know that in an atmosphere of uniform density the most distant things seen through it, such as the mountains, in consequence of the great quantity of atmosphere which is between your eye and them, will appear blue. Therfore you should make the building... wall which is more distant less defined and bluer. ...five times as far away make five times as blue. View quote
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Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics. View quote
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A man was desired to rise from bed, because the sun was already risen. To which he replied: "If I had as far to go, and as much to do as he has, I should be risen by now; but having but a little way to go, I shall not rise yet." View quote
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The motions of men must be such as suggest their dignity or their baseness. View quote
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We ought not to desire the impossible. View quote
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Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly. (Leonardo da Vinci)
Of the horse I will say nothing because I know the times. View quote
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We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us... View quote
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Sculptured figures which appear in motion, will, in their standing position, actually look as if they were falling forward. View quote
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The motive power is the cause of all life. View quote
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The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection. View quote
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The instant the atmosphere is illuminated it will be filled with an infinite number of images which are produced by the various bodies and colours assembled in it. And the eye is the target, a lodestone, of these images. View quote
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Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the sailor who gets into a ship without rudder or compass and who never can be certain whether he is going. Practice must always be founded on sound theory, and to this Perspective is the guide and the gateway; and without this nothing can be done well in the matter of drawing. View quote
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He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. View quote
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It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite. View quote
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Water is the driving force of all nature. (Leonardo da Vinci)
If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. View quote
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The days are long enough for those who use them. View quote
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Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the dead. View quote
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Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in. View quote
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