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Leonardo da Vinci
Age: 67 †
Born: 1452
Born: April 15
Died: 1519
Died: May 2
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The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.
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Those who become enamoured of the art, without having previously applied to the diligent study of the scientific part of it, may be compared to mariners who put to the sea in a ship without rudder or compass and therefore cannot be certain of arriving at the wished for port.
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Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.
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Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit and maintains truth alone, that is gold.
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The human being, creature of eyes, needs the image.
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When you are painting you should take a flat mirror and often look at your work within it, and it will then be seen in reverse, and will appear to be by the hand of some other master, and you will be better able to judge of its faults than in any other way.
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Here is a thing which the more it is needed the more it is rejected: and this is advice, which is unwillingly heeded by those who most need it, that is to say, by the ignorant.
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A life well used procures a happy death.
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If anyone wishes to see how the soul dwells in its body, let him observe how this body uses its daily habitation that is to say, if this is devoid of order and confused, the body will be kept in disorder and confusion by its soul.
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Old age takes in part savoury wisdom for its food - see to that your old age will not lack in nourishment.
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Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.
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Realize that everything connects to everything else.
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Let not your rage or malice destroy a life.
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O speculators about perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you created in the like quest? Go and take your place with the seekers after gold.
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Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun.
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The good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul.
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A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.
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A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.
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Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
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The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads.
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