734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

Wisdom is the daughter of experience

That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Hold property and external riches with fear; they often leave their possessor scorned and mocked at for having lost them.

The knowledge of all things is possible

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Tristo è quel discepolo che non avanza il suo maestro.

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness and Light, Solidity and Color, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.