The 25 best famous quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

A multifaceted and global artist, Leonardo was a unique and sublime thinker.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was an Italian Renaissance artist. Born in Vinci, in Tuscany, Leonardo developed his talents in a myriad of disciplines: painting, architecture, science, literature, sculpture, philosophy, poetry, urban planning...

He is one of the most multifaceted artists in the history of mankind. He is known for being the archetype of the Renaissance man: a total talent, multifaceted and excellent in everything he attempted.

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Leonardo da Vinci's famous quotes and phrases.

Several of his works are considered the most valuable in the history of art: La GiocondaThe painting, for example, is an oil portrait of Lisa Gherardini, a contemporary of da Vinci. Another spectacular work is The Last Suppera mural where he immortalizes the last supper of Jesus of Nazareth and his disciples.

All in all, we find ourselves before one of the most relevant, admired and prolific artists in the history of mankind. In today's article we are going to know the best phrases of Leonardo da Vincito understand more in depth the thought and the vision of the world of this reference.

• Phrases: "89 phrases about intelligence and knowledge".

1. Where there is more sensitivity, martyrdom is stronger.

Artistic sensitivity can cushion the vicissitudes of life, according to Leonardo.

2. He who does not value life, does not deserve it.

A phrase of Leonardo da Vinci in which he shows his vitalism. It is not worth living a life that we do not desire with vigor.

3. Genius men begin great works, hard-working men finish them.

It is of no use to hoard great talent if you have not the commitment to see it through to the end.

4. The sciences that are not born of experiment, the mother of all certainty, are vain and full of errors.

A great sentence of science. The inexhaustible source of knowledge and, perhaps, of certainties.

5. A work of art is never finished, only abandoned.

It can always be improved, but the end point is decided by the artist.

6. Painting is silent poetry; poetry is blind painting.

A particular vision about both artistic disciplines.

7. He who really knows what he is talking about finds no reason to raise his voice.

The deep knowledge of things allows a total tranquility and serenity.

8. Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

No one is born wise.

9. The busy life is long.

If you have ambitions and projects, boredom does not appear.

10. I have not lost to the difficulty of the challenges, but to time.

Time is the only enemy of creativity and productivity.

11. There is no more loyal advice than that given from a ship in distress.

If advice comes from someone who is suffering, value it even more.

12. The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

In ignorance is evil, and the greatest pleasure, according to da Vinci, is in accumulating useful experience and knowledge.

13. The most useful science is that whose fruit is the most communicable.

A small compliment to that scientific knowledge which can be explained and understood.

14. Threat is the weapon of the threatened.

He can only respond with more violence.

15. Rebuke the friend in secret and praise him in public.

One of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous phrases.

16. While I thought I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

Life teaches us the final destination.

17. He who sows virtue reaps honor.

The greatness of small daily habits always bears fruit in the long run.

18. There are three kinds of men: those who see, those who see when they are shown, and those who do not see.

Three profiles of different intelligence (or lack of it).

19. Marriage is like sticking your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

A phrase with irony about what it means to marry someone.

20. You can have no greater control than over yourself.

To exercise this control or not to exercise it is up to each one of us.

21. Why does the eye see things more clearly in dreams than in the imagination when we wake up?

There is something mystical in dreams, which sometimes seem more real than reality itself.

22. I have wasted my hours.

Curious phrase coming from a total and prolix artist like Leonardo.

23. All our knowledge has its origin in perception.

Perception precedes imagination, and not the other way around.

24. He who does not condemn evil, orders it to be done.

To be an accomplice to evil is a vile act.

25. I woke up only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.

Poetic phrase of a man who took art to a higher level.