Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Leadership, Spiritual

"The Recognitions". Book by William Gaddis, "Anselm", p. 457, 1955.

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Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

Leonardo da Vinci

Learning, Intelligent, Creative

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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Life, Education

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Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works.

Leonardo da Vinci

Beauty, Simple, Stuff

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Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.

Leonardo da Vinci

Experience, Guides

Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.24, eKitap Projesi

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There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Art, Class

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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Spiritual, Art

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.444, GENERAL PRESS

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It's not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.

Leonardo da Vinci

Believe, Enough

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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

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Art, Creative, Immortal

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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

Leonardo da Vinci

Mirrors, Stills

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Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!

Leonardo da Vinci

Thinking, Brain, Use

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Fix your course on a star and you'll navigate any storm.

Leonardo da Vinci

Stars, Storm, Courses

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average human “looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.

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Moving, Thinking, Average

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Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.

Leonardo da Vinci

Art, Mind, Principles

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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

Leonardo da Vinci

Desire, Poor

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Marriage, Funny Love, Funny Relationship

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Realize that everything connects to everything else.

Leonardo da Vinci

Karma, Wisdom, Realizing

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You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

Leonardo da Vinci

Men, Self, Expression

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He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

Leonardo da Vinci

Breakup, Men, Deceived

Leonardo (da Vinci) (1957). “Notebooks”

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Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.

Leonardo da Vinci

Evil

Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.97, eKitap Projesi

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Everything comes from everything, and everything is made out of everything, and everything returns into everything.

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Return, Made, Manifestation

Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

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A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.

Leonardo da Vinci

Jobs, Coal, Stuck

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Leonardo da Vinci

Life Changing, Epic, Power

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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.

Leonardo da Vinci

Love, Motivational, Strength

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Born: April 15, 1452
Died: May 2, 1519
Occupation: Painter
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