734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Knowledge ... shall always bear witness like a clarion to its creator.

It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.

O painter skilled in anatomy, beware lest the undue prominence of the bones, sinews and muscles cause you to become a wooden painter from the desire to make your nude figures reveal all.

The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain

For youth, everything is sport.

I love this site. It was lovingly hand-shaped it. Your soul transformed this into this art. It was perfect. I have tried to create another equal to it... but to no avail, so I will just have to paint the Sistine Chapel.

Let not your rage or malice destroy a life.

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.