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
Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.
Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres.
The motive power is the cause of all life.
The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.
Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.
Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.
The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.
The eye - which sees all objects reversed - retains the images for some time.
That which has no limitations, has no form.
Nothing is so much to be feared as Evil Report.
Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age.
The grave will fall in upon him who digs it.
The boundaries of bodies are the least of all things.
The eye which turns from a white object in the light of the sun and goes into a less fully lighted place will see everything as dark.