Leonardo da Vinci Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.”

“Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.”

“It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.”

“Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.”

“Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.”

“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”

“The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.”

“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.”

“I have found that, in the composition of the human body as compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller and coarser. Thus, it is composed of less ingenious instruments, and of spaces less capacious for receiving the faculties of sense.”

“The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.”