Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.
Interpretation
What this quote means
An artist should strive for self-awareness and critical evaluation of their work.
Leonardo da Vinci highlights the danger that artists face when they become complacent and believe that their work is without fault. This quote suggests that true artistic growth comes from a critical appreciation of one's own work, rather than self-satisfaction, which can hinder improvement and creativity.
Themes
ArtistSelf-AwarenessComplacencyGrowthArtisticEvaluation
In practice
Example use cases
During an art critique session, I shared, 'The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.'
More from Leonardo Da Vinci
All quotes βSmall rooms or dwellings set the mind in the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases, that cold cannot hurt you; in the same way increase your patience under great offenses, and they cannot hurt your feelings.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it only little or not at all.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
Similar quotes
I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record.
Henri De Toulouse-LautrecRead
Writers collect stories of rituals: John Cheever putting on a jacket and tie to go down to the basement, where he kept a desk near the boiler room. Keats buttoning up his clean white shirt to write in, after work.
Mona SimpsonRead
Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.
Colson WhiteheadRead
I was the only one in my family to be musically inclined, and my mother loved that. It encouraged my grand aunt to find me a music teacher, because it was quite obvious music was in me.
Peter ToshRead
Roaming through the jungle of "Ohs" and "Ahs", searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.
Duke EllingtonRead
Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
Brad BirdRead