“Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Be not false about the past.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIV Anatomy, Zoology and Physiology
“He who walks straight rarely falls.”
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 properties of the air are such that it may become condensed or rarefied.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XVII Flight
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XXI Letters. Personal Records. Dated Notes.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), II Linear Perspective
“Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XXI Letters. Personal Records. Dated Notes.
“Truth here makes Falsehood torment lying tongues.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
Of the lightning in clouds.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XXIX Precepts of the Painter
“The painter strives and competes with nature.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IX The Practice of Painting
"Of fire"
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
“I know that many will call this useless work.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IV Perspective of Disappearance
"Of Water, which flows turbid and mixed with Soil and Dust; and of Mist, which is mixed with the Air; and of Fire which is mixed with its own, and each with each."
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IX The Practice of Painting
“The Book of the science of Mechanics must precede the Book of useful inventions.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
“Tell me if anything was ever done.”
This was written in his notebooks in despair of so many projects that were never completed.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XXI Letters. Personal Records. Dated Notes.