Leonardo da Vinci on art
“Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.”
Leonardo da Vinci100 quotes
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci 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 VinciLeonardo da Vinci Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci 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 VinciLeonardo da Vinci God sells us all things at the price of labor.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Learning never exhausts the mind.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Motion is created by the destruction of balance.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci 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 VinciLeonardo da Vinci As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
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There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka You were my muse until you chose silence and I lost my talent.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi Modern paintings are like women, you’ll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
Henry KissingerHenry Kissinger Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.
Iris MurdochIris Murdoch My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.
Ram DassRam Dass I am a canvas, that I design with colors of identity to madness filled masterpiece of worthiness.
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