Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. – Leonardo DaVinci
Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses. – Leonardo DaVinci
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. – Leonardo DaVinci
Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known. – Leonardo DaVinci
It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful. – W. H. Auden