In the study of the sciences which depend on mathematics, those who do not consult nature, but authors, are not the children of nature; they are only her grandchildren. Nature alone is the master of true genius.


Quoted in David Brewster, The Life of Sir Isaac Newton, Chapter XVIII (p. 295), J. & J. Harper. 1833

Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

In the study of the sciences which depend on mathematics, those who do not consult nature, but authors, are not the children of nature; they are only ...

In the study of the sciences which depend on mathematics, those who do not consult nature, but authors, are not the children of nature; they are only ...

In the study of the sciences which depend on mathematics, those who do not consult nature, but authors, are not the children of nature; they are only ...

In the study of the sciences which depend on mathematics, those who do not consult nature, but authors, are not the children of nature; they are only ...