“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
Leonardo da Vinci
This quote is commonly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“A man is worthy of praise or blame solely on account of those actions which lie within his power to do or not to do.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”
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“Insist on yourself; never imitate.”
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— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“I am always in love.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source