Leonardo da Vinci quotes

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath renowned for his contributions to art, science, and engineering. His masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper have become cultural icons and testify to his genius. He remains an enduring symbol of creativity, curiosity, and Renaissance humanism. Here are 420 of his quotes:

He who does not value life does not deserve it. (Leonardo da Vinci)
Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers. View quote
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It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. View quote
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There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see. View quote
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He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. View quote
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. View quote
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Our life is made by the death of others. View quote
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The painter strives and competes with nature. View quote
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience. View quote
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As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. View quote
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Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. (Leonardo da Vinci)
Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death. View quote
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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. View quote
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Truth was always but the daughter of time. View quote
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. View quote
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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. View quote
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. View quote
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Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. View quote
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Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. View quote
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It is ill to praise, and worse to blame, the thing which you do not understand. View quote
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Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. Pharisees - that is to say, friars. (Leonardo da Vinci)
The Medici made me and the Medici destroyed me. View quote
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Life, when is spent well, is long. View quote
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Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit. View quote
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Poor is the pupil that does not surpass his master. View quote
Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci - Image
Occupation: Italian Artist
Born: April 6, 1452
Died: April 22, 1519
Quotes count: 420
Wikipedia: Leonardo da Vinci

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