I'm not contented to capture the world. I want to change it. Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes From Leonardo da Vinci Nothing is hidden under the sun. Leonardo da Vinci sun Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory. Leonardo da Vinci self-improvementusememories Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light. Leonardo da Vinci shadowlightdarkness Therefore, O students, study mathematics and do not build without foundations. Leonardo da Vinci engineeringfoundationscience Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. Leonardo da Vinci educationteacherinspirational Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a good memory, which nature has given to us, causes things long past to seem present. Leonardo da Vinci timememoriespast Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Leonardo da Vinci desertrewardswealth Everything proceeds from everything else and everything becomes everything, and everything can be turned into everything else. Leonardo da Vinci The natural desire of good men is knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci good-mandesiremen Just as iron which is not used grows rusty, and water putrefies and freezes in the cold, so the mind of which no use is made is spoilt. Leonardo da Vinci ironmindwater Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. Leonardo da Vinci persistenceyieldperseverance The smallest feline is a masterpiece. Leonardo da Vinci masterpiececatpet Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness. Leonardo da Vinci intelligentdarknessfire We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one's own. Leonardo da Vinci wellsknowsmistake Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue. Leonardo da Vinci envyscarevirtue No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically. Leonardo da Vinci computerrealmath The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of. Leonardo da Vinci glimpseartist 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 sea. Why the thunder lasts a longer time than that which causes it and why immediately on its creation the lightening becomes visible to the eye while thunder requires time to travel. How the various circles of water form around the spot which has been struck by a stone and why a bird sustains itself in the air. These questions and other strange phenomena engaged my thought throughout my life. Leonardo da Vinci creativityeyeair The lover is moved by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which perceives, and it unites with it and they become one and the same thing... when the lover is united with the beloved it finds rest there; when the burden is laid down there it finds rest. Leonardo da Vinci loversinspirationallife The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species. Leonardo da Vinci actorssexart
