Favourite artists: Leonardo da Vinci

What fascinates me about Leonardo da Vinci is not just that he was a brilliant artist, but that he seemed endlessly curious about almost everything. Painting, anatomy, engineering, architecture, geology, flight - he approached each subject with the same desire to understand how the world really works. He reminds me that creativity and curiosity are inseparable, and that the most rewarding discoveries often happen at the intersection of different fields.

I also admire Leonardo's ability to combine scientific observation with artistic vision. He looked at nature with extraordinary care, believing that the closer we observe reality, the deeper our understanding becomes. His notebooks reveal someone who never stopped asking questions or seeking better ways of seeing. His life encourages me to remain curious, to keep learning, and to remember that the pursuit of understanding can be just as important as the answers themselves.

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Favourite quotes

• Art is never finished, only abandoned.
• Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
• The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
• Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
• All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.
• A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.
• Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
• Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
• Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
• My intention is to consult experience first, and then with reasoning show why such experience is bound to operate in such a way.
• Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.
• Quotes on Wisdom Trove
• Life lessons