"How painting surpasses all human works by..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.”

“Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres.”

“Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.”

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”

“Shadows which you see with difficulty, and whose boundaries you cannot define... these you should not represent as finished or sharply defined, for the result would be that your work would seem wooden.”

“We may call painting the grandchild of nature.”

“English plays, Atrocious in content, Absurd in form, Objectionable in action, Execrable EnglishTheatre.”

“Art is a leap into the dark.”

“Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of not getting burnt. Its capacity lies in finding in the dark void a place where the beam of light can be intensely caught, without this having been perceptible before.”