Category Quotations

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “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.”

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and then in his hands … it lies in his power to create them .…

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind.”

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “If you find from your own experience that something is a fact and it contradicts what some authority has written down, then you must abandon the authority and base your reasoning on your own findings.”

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “I roamed the countryside searching for the answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains along with the imprints of coral and plant and seaweed usually found in the…

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of…

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

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.”

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.”

Leonardo da Vinci Says: “Everything proceeds from everything else and everything becomes everything, and everything can be turned into everything else.”