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Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose
Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
Age: 67 †
Born: 1452
Born: April 15
Died: 1519
Died: May 2
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He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own... because, generally, figures or people whom you meet in the streets all have their eyes at the same level as yours, and if you make them higher or lower you will find that your portrait will not resemble them.
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Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
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Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.
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The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.
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life without love, is no life at all
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Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.
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