Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. His profound love of knowledge and research was the keynote of both his artistic and scientific endeavors. His innovations in the field of painting influenced the course of Italian art for more than a century after his death, and his scientific studies—particularly in the fields of anatomy, optics, and hydraulics—anticipated many of the developments of modern science. (Source: WebGallery of Art.com)
Da Vinci quotes: "Intellectual passion dries out sensuality."
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
Quote about Da Vinci: "Leonardo da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others were all still asleep." -Sigmund Freud
