Quote of Leonardo da Vinci - Painting is poetry which is seen...
Biography - Leonardo da Vinci:
Italian Renaissance polymath.
Born: 1452 - Died: 1519
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Italy
Born: 1452 - Died: 1519
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Italy
Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about poetry:
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Quotes about painting:
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Leonardo da Vinci also said...
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