Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
Leonardo da VinciAbout author
- Author's profession: Artist, Scientist, Painter
- Nationality: italian
- Born: April 15, 1452
- Died: May 2, 1519
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