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
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.
While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior.
Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.
Good writing comes from good talent.
Love shows itself more in adversitythan in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place isdarkest.
Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.
The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.
The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain
It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall be a cause of suffering, and they shall possess neither the profit nor the beauty of the world.
You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.
All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.
Inaction saps the vigor of the mind.