Wisdom from the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is one of the greatest geniuses in the history of mankind,

 the embodiment of a true Renaissance personality: inventor, engineer, sculptor and painter.

 Gifted with great talent and curiosity, the Florentine master works in several areas: mechanics, 

astrology, aerodynamics, geology, botany, arithmetic and geometry - and these are just some

 of the areas that we know he worked for.

Leonardo da Vinci is best known for the trail he left in the fine arts. "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper" are works that we all know. Leonardo's writings as a writer still know little. In fact, we can not talk about his literary work that was completed while he was alive. A good painter should paint two things, that is, the man and the concept of his mind. The first is easy, the latter is difficult. Leonardo had this gift, and he did not spare either by sharing his wise advice. These are some excerpts from the book "Fragments".

"The artist is equal and compete with nature."

"There are many people who have love and desire for drawing, but not predispositions.

 This can be seen in young people who lack connectivity and never shy things. "

"The shadow is darker when it is closer to the source of light."

"The bark of trees always has bigger cracks on the south side, than on the north."

"Always the north side of the old trees is dressed in a green moss."

"The cloud is lighter than the air below it and is heavier than the air above it."

"Beautiful and ugly things get stronger each other because of contrast."

"If the sculpture is lit at the bottom it will look monstrous and peculiar. But this is not the case with painting, which carries all its elements with itself. " "He does not look back, the one who is directed toward the stars." "Well-lived life is a long life." "Just as iron rusts when it's not used, so does the intellect is destroyed by non-creativity." "Knowledge is the daughter of experience."