Leonardo da Vinci

Quotes from Leonardo da Vinci.

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

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
- Leonardo da Vinci

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

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
- Leonardo da Vinci

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
- Leonardo da Vinci

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

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation… even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
- Leonardo da Vinci

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!
- Leonardo da Vinci

Water is the driving force of all nature.
- Leonardo da Vinci