Leonardo Da Vinci Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Leonardo Da Vinci quotes, Leonardo Da Vinci sayings, and Leonardo Da Vinci proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

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
Just as courage imperils life; fear protects it. Leonardo da Vinci
The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake. Leonardo da Vinci
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. Leonardo da Vinci
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. Leonardo da Vinci
Water is the driver of Nature. Leonardo da Vinci
When 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
Lust is the cause of generation. Leonardo da Vinci
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Leonardo da Vinci
Common sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses. Leonardo da Vinci
Who sows virtue reaps honor. Leonardo da Vinci
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci
He who truly knows has no occasion to shout. Leonardo da Vinci
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
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
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain. Leonardo da Vinci
He who truly knows has no occasion to shout. Leonardo da Vinci
A well-spent day brings happy sleep. Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci
Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci
Iron rusts from disuse even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Leonardo da Vinci
Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest. Leonardo da Vinci
Water is the driving force of all nature. Leonardo da Vinci
I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental. Leonardo da Vinci
You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself Leonardo da Vinci
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
Art is never finished, only abandoned. Leonardo da Vinci
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. Leonardo da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo da Vinci