Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Here are three classes of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are...

Here are three classes of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are...

Remember that happiness is a way of travel -- not a destination

Remember that happiness is a way of travel -- not a destination

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not...

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps...

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are...

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are...