Lucio Russo Quote

The oft-heard comment that Leonardo [da Vinci]'s genius managed to transcend the culture of his time is amply justified. But his was not a science-fiction voyage into the future as much as a plunge into the past.

11.2, "The Renaissance", p. 336 - The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn (2004)