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
As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.
once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up
A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with the other waves.
I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.
He who thinks little errs much…
Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.
Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.
He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.
life without love, is no life at all
There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other.
Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.