For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
- Life
- 1452-1519
- Occupations
- painter, engineer, astronomer
- Notable works
- Adoration of the Magi, Virgin of the Rocks, Mona Lisa
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), as of 2026-07-09
I have learned from an early age to abjure the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
Leonardo da Vinci
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci
Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.
Leonardo da Vinci