A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind.
LEONARDO DA VINCITears come from the heart and not from the brain.
More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
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Art is never finished, only abandoned.
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I love those who can smile in trouble.
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A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.
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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
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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.
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Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.
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Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.
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Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.
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I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.
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Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!
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One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.
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As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do.
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The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
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Being willing is not enough. We must do.
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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
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