105 Memorable Quotes By Leonardo Da Vinci That Will Leave A Lasting Impression On You

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

As you cannot do what you want, want what you can do

The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.

Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

To become an artist you have to be curious.

The love of anything is the offspring of knowledge, love being more fervent in proportion as knowledge is more certain. And this certainty springs from a complete knowledge of all parts which united compose the whole of the thing which out to be loved.

Life well spent is long.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.