Leonardo da Vinci Quotes about Darkness

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Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

Leonardo da Vinci

Light, Darkness, Shadow

Leonardo da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete”, p.159, Library of Alexandria

Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.

Leonardo da Vinci

Intelligent, Fire, Darkness

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

Leonardo da Vinci

Intelligent, Light, Darkness

Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.384, Delphi Classics

The light and heat of the universe comes from the sun, and its cold and darkness from the withdrawal of the sun.

Leonardo da Vinci

Light, Darkness, Withdrawal

Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.57, OUP Oxford

Painting is concerned with the ten things you can see: these are darkness and brightness, substance and color, form and place, remoteness and nearness, movement and rest.

Leonardo da Vinci

Color, Darkness, Substance

da Vinci Leonardo, Leonardo (da Vinci) (1990). “Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists”, Running Press Book Publishers