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

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Life, Education

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Mirrors, Stills

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When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald.

Leonardo da Vinci

Hands, Fortune, Behinds

Leonardo Da Vinci “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lulu.com

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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

Leonardo da Vinci

Art, Creative, Immortal

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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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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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To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.

Leonardo da Vinci

Winning, Want, Losing

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Desire, Poor

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Jobs, Coal, Stuck

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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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.

Leonardo da Vinci

Moving, Thinking, Average

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Realize that everything connects to everything else.

Leonardo da Vinci

Karma, Wisdom, Realizing

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Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.

Leonardo da Vinci

Perfection, Details

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Advertisers constantly invent cures to which there is no disease.

Leonardo da Vinci

Disease, Cures, Advertising And Marketing

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Leonardo da Vinci

Life Changing, Epic, Power

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You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

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Patience, Mind, Vex

Leonardo (da Vinci) (1938). “The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”

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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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