734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

Life well spent is long.

Life, when is spent well, is long.

Nature has placed in the front part of man, as he moves, all those parts which when struck cause him to feel pain; and this is felt in the joints of the legs, the forehead and the nose, and has been so devised for the preservation of man, because if such pain were not felt in these limbs they would be destroyed by the many blows they receive.

The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

If you call painting dumb poetry, the painter may call poetry blind painting.

The Bactrian have two humps; the Arabian one only. They are swift in battle and most useful to carry burdens. This animal is extremely observant of rule and measure, for it will not move if it has a greater weight than it is used to, and if it is taken too far it does the same, and suddenly stops and so the merchants are obliged to lodge there.

I have wasted my hours.

As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do