Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.
Leonardo da VinciThe color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.
Leonardo da VinciIt reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head, an academy figure, or draperies, animals, landscapes, or the like -- in other words, confining himself to some particular object of study. This is so because there is scarcely a person so devoid of genius as to fail of success if he applies himself earnestly to one branch of study and practices it continually.
Leonardo da Vinci