Leonardo da Vinci

"The chief enemy of creativity is good sense."

"Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things that may come to pass."

"Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it."

"A thousand different flowers bloom in spring, but only the beautiful ones are picked."

"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns."

"The human body is microcosm of the universe."

"Do not neglect to share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality."

"I am still learning."

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."

"In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences."

"The infinite patience leads to instant results."

"Most people see without observing. To observe is to think."

"Beautiful is he who has a beautiful soul."

"True knowledge lies in understanding our own ignorance."

"The eye is the window of the soul."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"One cannot describe the glory of the world as we should like to unless one has some acquaintance with nature."

"Experience is a teacher of great value."

"Tears come from the heart and not from the brain."

"Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it."

"The moment of glory is fleeting. It takes years of dedication to create something remarkable."

"To make a perfect beauty one needs something seemingly bad."

"Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object."

"All knowledge is incomplete. The true scholar always remains humble."

"A picture holds a thousand words, but it takes a moment to see it."

"Truth was the only daughter of Time."

"The eye through which we see is marvelous beyond measure."

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men and women, and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects."

"The knowledge of all things is possible."

"To be really free you must also be free in your mind."