Leonardo da Vinci

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own laws, which we cannot break.

The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which reflects all the objects placed before it without understanding them.

The greatest genius will ever be the most ready to learn, and the least apt to be opinionated.

The sun does not see its shadow.

The more subtle we are, the more we are able to understand.

Every difficulty can be overcome by effort.

The eye, which is the lord of the senses, has not yet been fully described by human language.

The works that the eye has seen, the hand has touched, and the mind has understood, are the only ones that can be truly known.

The greatest happiness is to be able to do what you want.

The true artist is a man who is not afraid to stand alone.

The mind is the pilot of the soul.

The more I study, the more I realize how much I don't know.

The wise man will always be a learner.

The greatest evil is ignorance.

The painter has the universe in his mind and hands.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

The soul desires to dwell with the body because without the corporeal instruments it can neither act nor feel.

The true science of painting is the imitation of nature.

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

The painter who has no other guide than practice and judgment, without reason, is like the mirror that reflects all objects without knowing them.