Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 19
Context: Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding.
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
“Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created.”
Michael Cretu (1957) musician
Press release for Enigma, as quoted by Lazae Laspina , in Contemporary Musicians http://www.enigmamusic.com/reviews/biography.html Vol. 14 (May 1995).
“The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.”
Tariq Ramadan (1962) Swiss muslim scholar
Samanta Schweblin (1978) Argentine writer
On how she interpreted “home” in her collection Mouthful of Birds in “Samanta Schweblin: There’s No Place Like Home, Including Home Itself” https://lithub.com/samanta-schweblin-theres-no-place-like-home-including-home-itself/ in LitHub (2019 Jan 15)
Alfred de Zayas (1947) American United Nations official
Mainstream human rights into trade agreements and WTO practice – UN expert urges in new report http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20473&LangID=E#sthash.bn9VjkJJ.dpuf. <br class="br">2016, Mainstream human rights into trade agreements and WTO practice – UN expert urges in new report
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
“Children need a safe space free from crude gender images, and that space should be school.”
Julia Klöckner (1972) German politician
About banning headscarves in Germany. German state looks to ban headscarves for girls https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/10/german-state-looks-ban-headscarves-girls/ (10 April 2018), The Daily Telegraph.