734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.

Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

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.

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.

We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us...

The fame of the rich man dies with him; the fame of the treasure, and not of the man who possessed it, remains.

Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.

Especially learn how to see.