No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Art Quotes, Time Quotes

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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...

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

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...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

Our life is made by the death of others.

Our life is made by the death of others.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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

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

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...

I have wasted my hours.

I have wasted my hours.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...

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...

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.

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it

Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it