Leonardo da Vinci

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Aesthetics • Design • Minimalism

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Motivational • Procrastination

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Motivational • Productivity • Time

Water is the driving force of all nature.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

Ecology • Environment • Nature

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

Adventure • Aspiration • Dreams

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

Art • Engineering • Human

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Consciousness • Dreams • Imagination

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

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

Ambition • Determination • Focus

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

Education • Morality • Philosophy

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Laws • Nature • Science

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Culture • Education • Geography

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.

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.

Beauty • Invention • Nature

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art • Creativity • Perfectionism

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

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

Life • Mortality • Philosophy

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

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

Art • Expression • Poetry

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Knowledge • Perception

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Humor • Marriage • Relationships

In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which we will prove by the motions of water in itself, and this knowledge will be a step enabling us to arrive at the knowledge of beings that fly between the air and the wind.

In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which we will prove by the motions of water in itself, and this knowledge will be a step enabling us to arrive at the knowledge of beings that fly between the air and the wind.

Aeronautics • Nature • Physics

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

Knowledge • Laws • Nature

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Bravery • Integrity • Perseverance