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Leonardo da Vinci Quotes about Desire

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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

Leonardo da Vinci
Desire, Poor

Poor is the man who desires a lot

Leonardo da Vinci
Men, Desire, Aries

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

Leonardo da Vinci
Men, Good Man, Desire
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1203, Delphi Classics

The desire to know is natural to good men.

Leonardo da Vinci
Men, Good Man, Desire

We ought not to desire the impossible.

Leonardo da Vinci
Desire, Impossible, Should
Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.116, eKitap Projesi

The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything.

Leonardo da Vinci
Intelligent, Desire, Body
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.440, GENERAL PRESS

Nature varies the seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce in the world.

Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, Desire, World
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.447, GENERAL PRESS

O painter skilled in anatomy, beware lest the undue prominence of the bones, sinews and muscles cause you to become a wooden painter from the desire to make your nude figures reveal all.

Leonardo da Vinci
Beauty, Desire, Causes
Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

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