The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade
Léonard de Vinci: Citations en anglais
“Reserve the great matters till the end, and the small matters give at the beginning.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XXI Letters. Personal Records. Dated Notes.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XXIX Precepts of the Painter
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XXIX Precepts of the Painter
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IX The Practice of Painting
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade
“The motions of men must be such as suggest their dignity or their baseness.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IX The Practice of Painting
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
“We ought not to desire the impossible.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IV Perspective of Disappearance
“Wine is good, but water is preferable at table.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), I Philosophy
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“Of the horse I will say nothing because I know the times.”
This relates to a huge equestrian statue that Leonardo had been commissioned to design and create, but which was not cast until over 500 years later, in 1999, when two huge statues based upon his design were finally made. (c.1497)
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XI The Notes on Sculpture
“Movement will cease before we are weary of being useful.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
“Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IV Perspective of Disappearance
“We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us…”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“I give the degrees of things seen by the eye as the musician does of the sounds heard by the ear.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XXIX Precepts of the Painter
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XI The Notes on Sculpture