734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.