The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

Leonardo da Vinci

Mots clés art creativity leonardo-da-vinci



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She looked... She looked young, and- and--" I glanced down at Rossana gazing up at me, lips parted, eyes shining, her hair loose around her shoulders, and the next words I spoke were intended with no artifice at all. "She is almost as beautiful as you."

There was laughter, and I looked up, confused.

"If you wish to pay court to my daughter, Matteo, you must first speak to me," Captain dell'Orte said in mock severity.

Rossana's face colored pink.

"Elizabetta is also very beautiful," I said quickly, thinking to cover any embarassment, but also because it was true.

The adults roared with laughter.

"Now Matteo seeks to woo both girls with one compliment.

Theresa Breslin

Mots clés humor leonardo-da-vinci beautiful matteo ten-year-old-boy



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Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.

Theresa Breslin

Mots clés truth reading lies leonardo-da-vinci matteo



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Being illegitimate is a technicality. It does not mean that there is anything wrong with you. Men use "bastard" as a curse. But to use the term thus is to show that they themselves are less than a proper human being.

Theresa Breslin

Mots clés children leonardo-da-vinci bastards value-of-life matteo



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He could quite quickly become detached from the nuances of common human emotion. Particularly if he was engaged in some aspect of a scientific problem or research. His work excluded any consideration for the feelings of those around him. And he rarely excused himself or justified his behavior. It was as if he was compelled to focus all his energy on one subject and was unaware that others did not follow his obsession.

Theresa Breslin

Mots clés leonardo-da-vinci obsession post-mortem dissection matteo



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The Maestro spoke again. "When we are not, at what point do we become?"

I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape of his thoughts. I understood neither what he said nor his intent behind it.

Theresa Breslin

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I peered at his writing, but I could make nothing of it.
Then I saw why, and my soul chilled like marble.
His writing was running left to right. Not the words in reverse order, but the letter themselves. All of it. It was mirror writing- to be read by the Devil.

Theresa Breslin

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This was not completely true. I had run so fast that I still had a stitch in my side, but I did not want to be left out of their confraternity of guilt.

Theresa Breslin

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Don’t say you don’t have enough time or enough money to change the world. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Gandhi, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Jesus Christ.

Shannon L. Alder

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At times Leonardo was troubled by his lack of achievement. As a young man he appears to have developed a reputation for melancholia. “Leonardo,” wrote a friend, “why so troubled?” A sad refrain runs through his notebooks: “Tell me if anything was ever done,” he often sighs. Or in another place: “Tell me if ever I did a thing.

Ross King

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