More quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

"Our life is made by the death of others."
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
"The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known."
"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death."
"A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light."