"Though I may not . . ...." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci
Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater and more worthy - on experience.
More by Leonardo Da Vinci
“The painter who draws by practise and judgment of the eye without the use of reason is like the mirror which reproduces within itself all the objects which are set opposite to it without knowledge of the same.”
“average human “looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.”
“Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.”
More on Experience
“It's harder for me, never having brought up a child, to enter the universe of the child.”
“We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.”
“Cease to be a disobedient child in the school of experience, and begin to learn, with humility and patience, the lessons that are set for your ultimate perfection.”
More on Knowledge
“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.”
“Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth.”
“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”