The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating the many kinds of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and awe-inspiring places.
Leonardo da VinciInstrumental or mechanical science is the noblest and above all others, the most useful.
Leonardo da VinciThere is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.
Leonardo da Vinci