The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane
Leonardo da VinciMedicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.
Leonardo da VinciAnyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory.
Leonardo da VinciKing of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest — because thou hast spared slaying them, in order that they may give thee their children for the benefit of the gullet, of which thou hast attempted to make a sepulchre for all animals; and I would say still more, if it were allowed me to speak the entire truth.
Leonardo da Vinci