“Swimming upon water teaches men how birds do upon the air.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
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The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
“I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
"Of Hemispheres, which are infinite; and which are divided by an infinite number of Lines, so that every Man always has one of these Lines between his Feet."
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“Fame alone raises herself to Heaven, because virtuous things are in favour with God.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XVI Physical Geography
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
“A vase of unbaked clay, when broken, may be remoulded, but not a baked one.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
“Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“There will be many which will increase in their destruction.”
"The Ball of Snow rolling over Snow"
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
No published occurrence of such an attribution has yet been located prior to one in Wisdom Through the Ages : Book Two (2003) by Helen Granat, p. 225; this was used as an early slogan at Apple Computer in 1984, but the earliest occurence yet located is in The Recognitions (1955) by William Gaddis, p. 457:
Stop being so God Damn humble … You know God damn well that … that humility is defiance … simplicity today is sophisticated … simplicity is the ultimate sophistication today.
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“The sun gives spirit and life to plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), VIII Botany for Painters and Elements of Landscape Painting
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“The water which rises in the mountain is the blood which keeps the mountain in life.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), I Philosophy
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 (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade
“To manage the large mould make a model of the small mould, make a small room in proportion.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XI The Notes on Sculpture
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.
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), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
