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

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Dreams Quotes, Eyes Quotes, Imagination Quotes

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

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...

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.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

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

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

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

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

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

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...

People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but...

People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but...

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...

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...

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

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...

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

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

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of...

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of...

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.