734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.

Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way.

The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the mind.

To discover the soul living in somebody's body, we watch the surrounding of the body, and if it's messy and disordered, so is the soul.

To enjoy - to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason.

life without love, is no life at all

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself.

Nature is constrained by the cause of her laws which dwell inborn in her. Variant: Nature is constrained by the order of her own law which lives and works within her.

Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.