Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction.
Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Translated by Edward MacCurdy, vol. 1, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938, p. 91.
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.
