The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things. -Leonardo da Vinci

 

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.


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This quote is just one of 23 total Leonardo da Vinci quotes in our collection. Leonardo da Vinci is known for saying 'The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Leonardo da Vinci

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

Leonardo da Vinci

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Leonardo da Vinci

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

Leonardo da Vinci

Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci