Leonardo da Vinci on art
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
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Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Nothing is hidden under the sun.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Water is the driving force in nature.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Life without love, is no life at all.
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Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
Tara BrachTara Brach The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.
Steven PressfieldSteven Pressfield All art is unstable. Its meaning is not necessarily that implied by the author. There is no authoritative voice. There are only multiple readings.
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