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

Topics: Leonardo Da Vinci Quotes

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

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...

Life well spent is long.

Life well spent is long.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

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...

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

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...

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

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

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and...

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and...

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally...

Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...