Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardoˈvintʃi] ; 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of paleontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank,...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth15 April 1452
CityVinci, Italy
CountryItaly
Everything proceeds from everything else and everything becomes everything, and everything can be turned into everything else.
Painting is concerned with the ten things you can see: these are darkness and brightness, substance and color, form and place, remoteness and nearness, movement and rest.
Any color is more distinctly seen when opposed to its contrary: thus, black on white, blear near yellow, green near red, and so on.
I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils
I shall do down in history as the man who opened a door!
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
It's not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.
Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.
I am never weary of being useful... In serving others I cannot do enough. No labor is sufficient to tire me.
To enjoy - to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason.
Test knowledge through experience, be prepared to make mistakes, and be persistent about it.
The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain very little.
Experience never errs; it is only your judgments that err by promising themselves effects such as are not caused by your experiments.
The moment is timeless.