Leonardo da Vinci

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.

The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the color of the object it reflects.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

The lover of practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder.

Fire is to be known by its light, water by its flow, air by its motion, and earth by its stability.

The tongue is the only instrument that gets broken without being dropped.

My intention is to consult only the book of nature and in her pages find the truth.

The smallest flower is a design for the whole universe.

Wit is the salt of conversation.

The great book, the source of all things, cannot be understood by those who have not the key to it.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes.

The design of a city is the place where a painter can show evidence of his whole capacity.

To me it seems that all sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of experience.

The more one knows, the more one desires to know.

A beautiful body perishes in death, but an idea lives on.

Experience is the only true teacher.

To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.

The eye sees a thing more clearly than the mind conceives it.

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has been my teacher.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.