Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

Life well spent is long.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.