Leonardo da Vinci Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”

“There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.”

“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.”

“Who sows virtue reaps honor.”

“Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will be ill defined; that which is contained within their outlines and their boundaries themselves will be ill-understood unless they are shown against a background of a different tone from themselves.”

“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”

“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.”

“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”

“A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.”