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
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.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
Love shows itself more in adversitythan in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place isdarkest.
There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.
Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.
No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically.
There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment.
All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.