Leonardo da Vinci

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”

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

“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”

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

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.”

“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”

“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

“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.”

“Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.”

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”

“There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, and those who do not see.”

“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”