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

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Artist Quotes, Painting Quotes, Poetry Quotes

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned...

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned...

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of...

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of...

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

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

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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...

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

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...

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

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...

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

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

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

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...

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy...

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy...

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...

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...