Ocupation: Painter
Life: April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519
Birthday: April 15
Death: May 2
There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that even when it touches humble and lowly matters, it still incomparably exceeds the uncertainty and falsehood in which great and elevated discourses are clothed; because even if falsehood be the fifth element of our minds, notwithstanding this, truth is the supreme nourishment of the higher intellects.
source: Leonardo da Vinci (2017). “Thoughts on art and life”, p.18, Youcanprint
topic: Truth, Humble, Light, Fifth Element