Leonardo da Vinci on Humor
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, catalogued under humor, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, entry #64070: "The East will be seen to rush to the West and the South to the North in confusion round and about the universe, with great noise and trembling or fury."
Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, entry #201936: "The air which is struck with most swiftness by the movable thing is compressed to the greatest degree in itself."
4 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci on Humor
"The East will be seen to rush to the West and the South to the North in confusion round and about the universe, with great noise and trembling or fury."
"The air which is struck with most swiftness by the movable thing is compressed to the greatest degree in itself."
"It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last."
"Take a piece of glass of the size of a half sheet of royal folio paper, and fix it... between your eye and the object you wish to portray. Then move it away until your eye is two-thirds of a braccio away from the piece of glass, and fasten your head by means of an instrument in such a way as to prevent any movement of it whatsoever. Then close or cover up one eye, and with a brush or a piece of red chalk finely ground mark out on the glass what is visible beyond it; afterwards, copy it by tracing on paper from the glass, then prick it out upon paper of a better quality and paint it if you so desire, paying special attention to the aerial perspective."