Leonardo da Vinci Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.”

“The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.”

“Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.”

“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.”

“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?”

“You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.”

“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.”

“Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.”