O time! swift devourer of all created things! Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes From Leonardo da Vinci Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds. Leonardo da Vinci soil weed life There are three aspects to perspective. The first has to do with how the size of objects seems to diminish according to distance: the second, the manner in which colors change the farther away they are from the eye; the third defines how objects ought to be finished less carefully the farther away they are. Leonardo da Vinci distance color eye The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height. Leonardo da Vinci height arms men Man and the animals are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption. Leonardo da Vinci animal men life Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble. Leonardo da Vinci truth-is noble praise Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye. Leonardo da Vinci thorough-knowledge drawing eye Ask counsel of him who rules himself well. Leonardo da Vinci wells asks The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. Leonardo da Vinci garden flower men All thoughts start from emotions. Leonardo da Vinci emotion When counting, try not to mix chickens with blessings. Leonardo da Vinci wisdom blessing trying Not to anticipate is already to moan. Leonardo da Vinci anticipate anticipation To enjoy - to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason. Leonardo da Vinci enjoy sake reason The moment is timeless. Leonardo da Vinci timeless moments An infinite number of men will sell publicly and unhindered things of the very highest price, without leave from the Master of it; while it never was theirs nor in their power; and human justice will not prevent it. Leonardo da Vinci justice numbers men To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble. Leonardo da Vinci truth-is noble lying It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last. Leonardo da Vinci lasts evil firsts He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement. Leonardo da Vinci perfection art moving Nature appears to have been the cruel stepmother rather than the mother of many animals. Leonardo da Vinci nature mother animal The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence. Leonardo da Vinci intelligent mirrors eye Movement will fail sooner than usefulness. Leonardo da Vinci usefulness failing movement
