Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man", a man whose "unquenchable curiosity"...

Date of birth:

  • Apr 15, 1452

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Date of death:

  • May 2, 1519

Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

  • “ Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

  • “ Just as courage imperils life; fear protects it.

  • “ Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

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