Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that even when it touches humble and lowly matters, it still incomparably exceeds the uncertainty and falsehood in which great and elevated discourses are clothed; because even if falsehood be the fifth element of our minds, notwithstanding this, truth is the supreme nourishment of the higher intellects.
da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Translated by Edward MacCurdy, vol. 1, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938, p. 78.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
While all recognize the importance of that critical intellectual skill, few have developed the skill and ability and all of us make errors frequently. Some, however, are and have been better than others.
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, theorist, engineer, scientist, sculptor and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he also became known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and paleontology. Leonardo's genius epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works compose a contribution to later generations of artists rivaled only by that of his younger contemporary and fellow founder of the High Renaissance, Michelangelo.
