734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

The grave will fall in upon him who digs it.

Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.

To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first-hand experience which in its origins, or means, or end has passed through one of the five senses.

When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best

O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead?

The boundaries of bodies are the least of all things.

For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.

Nothing is hidden under the sun.

It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head, an academy figure, or draperies, animals, landscapes, or the like -- in other words, confining himself to some particular object of study. This is so because there is scarcely a person so devoid of genius as to fail of success if he applies himself earnestly to one branch of study and practices it continually.