I have found that, in the composition of the human body as compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller and coarser. Thus, it is composed of less ingenious instruments, and of spaces less capacious for receiving the faculties of sense. Leonardo da Vinci animalbodycapacious share on social
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself. Leonardo da Vinci confounddividefall Change image and share on social
A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not. Leonardo da Vinci artbeautifulbody Change image and share on social
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 accomplishmentattentionback Change image and share on social
There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all. Leonardo da Vinci covetousnessdesirehear share on social
Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs. Leonardo da Vinci absorbappetiteassimilate Change image and share on social
The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats of the diminution and loss of outline in such opaque objects; the third, of the diminution and loss of colour at long distances. Leonardo da Vinci colourdiminutiondistance share on social
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. Leonardo da Vinci activegeniuslofty Change image and share on social
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. Leonardo da Vinci classpeopleshow Change image and share on social
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. Leonardo da Vinci beardarknessdoubt Change image and share on social