The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.


The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Richter, 1888) - I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting


The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without...

The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without...

The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without...

The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without...