While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior. Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci More Quotes From Leonardo da Vinci If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind. Leonardo da Vinci vexwisdommind There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement. Leonardo da Vinci judgementdeceiving Ask advice of him who governs himself well. Leonardo da Vinci adviceinspirationallife Study me, reader, if you delight in me, because on very few occasions shall I return to the world, and because the patience for this profession is found in very few, and only in those who wish to compose things anew. Come, oh men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose to nature. Leonardo da Vinci miraclewishmen The cat is nature's masterpiece. Leonardo da Vinci masterpiececat We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us. Leonardo da Vinci disappointtimepromise Being willing is not enough. We must do. Leonardo da Vinci motivationalpositiveinspirational All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part. Leonardo da Vinci exceptionintelligentends If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight. Leonardo da Vinci being-alonelonelinessfall In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and then in his hands ... it lies in his power to create them . . . Leonardo da Vinci lyinghandsart Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. Leonardo da Vinci crushinspirationallife Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet. Leonardo da Vinci lighteyelooks A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. Leonardo da Vinci soulmentwo All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions. Leonardo da Vinci offspringperceptionknowledge The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself. Leonardo da Vinci wisestteacher Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. Leonardo da Vinci funny-lovefunny-relationshipmarriage A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. Leonardo da Vinci inspirationallifeart And you who wish to represent by words the form of man and all the aspects of his membrification, relinquish that idea. For the more minutely you describe the more you will confine the mind of the reader, and the more you will keep him from the knowledge of the thing described. And so it is necessary to draw and to describe. Leonardo da Vinci mindmenideas The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the habit of drawing parts of the body well; and then to work from nature, to confirm the lessons learned. Leonardo da Vinci drawingmenhands There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment. Leonardo da Vinci understandingnaturescience
