Nature never breaks her own laws.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

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...

Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the...

Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the...

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

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...

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

I have wasted my hours.

I have wasted my hours.

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...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

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...

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...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...