Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

-Leonardo da Vinci
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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
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Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

-Leonardo da Vinci
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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

-Leonardo da Vinci
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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

-Leonardo da Vinci
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The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

-Leonardo da Vinci
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

-Leonardo da Vinci
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I love those who can smile in trouble...

-Leonardo da Vinci
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