Remarkable mind
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer and investigator · 1452–1519
Leonardo da Vinci joined artistic mastery with sustained investigation of anatomy, mechanics, water, flight and natural form. His surviving paintings are few, but his notebooks show an extraordinary habit of observation and an insistence that knowledge begins with experience.
Selected works and contributions
- Mona Lisa
- The Last Supper
- Vitruvian Man
- Notebooks
Ideas to explore
- Observation
- Creativity
- Nature
- Invention
Leonardo da Vinci quotes in the generator
“Who sows virtue reaps honor.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
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