In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which we will prove by the motions of water in itself, and this knowledge will be a step enabling us to arrive at the knowledge of beings that fly between the air and the wind. Leonardo Da Vinci
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More Quotes By Leonardo Da Vinci
  1. All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions

  2. Our life is made by the death of others.

  3. A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

  4. Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

  5. All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.

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