Leonardo da Vinci Says: “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…
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “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…
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.”
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.”
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the…
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “First study the science, and then practice the art which is born of that science.”
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.”
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the habit of drawing parts of the body well; and then to…
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.”
Leonardo da Vinci Says: “The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection.”