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
Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.
While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior.
It is ill to praise, and worse to blame, the thing which you do not understand.
Savage is he who saves himself.
Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.
Motion is created by the destruction of balance.
It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite.
If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise in exposing your work to the public, you will expose your error also.
There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It is sound in judging the work of our enemies but not that of our friends, for hate and love are two of the most powerfully motivating factors found among living things.
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.
It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall be a cause of suffering, and they shall possess neither the profit nor the beauty of the world.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.