734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.

The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end.

People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.