Leonardo da Vinci Painting Quotations

He who despises painting has no love for the philosophy in nature.

Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For this reason I judge painting to be superior to poetry.

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a poor master who makes only a single figure well.

Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting.

We may call painting the grandchild of nature.

If you call painting dumb poetry, the painter may call poetry blind painting.

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

The most praiseworthy form of painting is one that most resembles what it imitates.