Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardoˈvintʃi] ; 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of paleontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank,...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth15 April 1452
CityVinci, Italy
CountryItaly
We must doubt the certainty of everything which passes through the senses, but how much more ought we to doubt things contrary to the senses, such as the existence of God and the soul.
When you are painting you should take a flat mirror and often look at your work within it, and it will then be seen in reverse, and will appear to be by the hand of some other master, and you will be better able to judge of its faults than in any other way.
An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength.
Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements.
The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.
Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, labor in vain.
The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.
Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the dead.
Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye.
In the days of thy youth seek to obtain that which shall compensate the losses of thy old age.
The eye is the window of the human body through which it feels its way and enjoys the beauty of the world.
We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.
Nothing is hidden under the sun.
When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best