While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes From Leonardo da Vinci You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. Leonardo da Vinci understandingfearinspirational Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man's opinion... Since men are able to form a true judgement as to the works of nature, how much more does it behoove us to admit that they are able to judge our faults. Leonardo da Vinci judginglisteningmen The mind that engages in subjects of too great variety becomes confused and weakened. Leonardo da Vinci confusedsubjectsmind simplicity is the best sophistication Leonardo da Vinci sophisticationsimplicity In life beauty perishes, but not in art. Leonardo da Vinci beauty-of-lifeart The human being, creature of eyes, needs the image. Leonardo da Vinci invisibleeyeneeds The painter must be solitary. For if you are alone you are completely yourself, but if you are accompanied by a single companion, you are only half yourself. Leonardo da Vinci paintercompanionhalf The lover is drawn by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which it perceives. Leonardo da Vinci perceivelovers Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Leonardo da Vinci mistressguidesnature Vows begin when hope dies. Leonardo da Vinci vowhuman-conditiondies Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones. Leonardo da Vinci threewritinglife He who does not understand the supreme certainty of mathematics is wallowing in confusion. Leonardo da Vinci ontologyconfusiondoe Fear arises sooner than anything else. Leonardo da Vinci ariseintelligent Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard. Leonardo da Vinci dangerfear Small rooms or dwellings set the mind in the right path, large ones cause it to go astray. Leonardo da Vinci small-roomsdwellingmind The grave will fall in upon him who digs it. Leonardo da Vinci gravesintelligentfall Most men are of naught more use in their lives but as machines for turning food into sh*t. Leonardo da Vinci machinesusemen Make yourself a master of perspective, then acquire perfect knowledge of the proportions of men and other animals. Leonardo da Vinci perfectanimalmen I woke up only to find the rest of the world asleep. Leonardo da Vinci world You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself. Leonardo da Vinci self-controldisciplineover-you
