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
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.
Nature never breaks her own laws.
The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain
Inaction saps the vigor of the mind.
You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.
The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.