“Movement will fail sooner than usefulness.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Movement will fail sooner than usefulness.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), II Linear Perspective
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), I Philosophy
Varianta: Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“Necessity is the mistress and guardian of Nature.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
Varianta: Necessity is the mistress and guardian of Nature.
These notes were possibly written in preparation for a letter. The meaning is obscure.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Every quantity is intellectually conceivable as infinitely divisible.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“Swimming upon water teaches men how birds do upon the air.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
“I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
"Of Hemispheres, which are infinite; and which are divided by an infinite number of Lines, so that every Man always has one of these Lines between his Feet."
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“Fame alone raises herself to Heaven, because virtuous things are in favour with God.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XVI Physical Geography
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight