“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” In noting his genius and listing his extraordinary achievements, let’s not forget to consider what we might learn from Leonardo. Throughout his life he had been a learner, as well as a teacher. Might have retired, Leonardo left Italy for the first time, at age 64, to take He was also an early impresario, arranging coronationsĭevelop broadly? What other interests and talents might we explore?ĥ. He was a painter, draftsman, hydraulicĮngineer, and inventor. Stopped being extremely curious? What connections are we not seeing?Ī weapons designer and a map builder. Problems and find connections between seemingly unrelated things. Interested in this question, but Leonardo was. No longer see it? The next one is all about being more curious in the things What has become so familiar to us that we He was willing to look deeply and not assume that he knew how something worked. He sketched over 500 drawings of flowing water. Where can we stretch across our own professional boundaries? Whom Unlikely that we will study hydraulics, optics, architecture, and painting, but He went out of his way toįind collaborators, seeking out engineers, architects, artists and mathematicians The necessity of reaching out across disciplines. We should ask: What might we learn from this genius?Ĭonsider the following 5 life lessons from Leonardo Da Vinci: He was self-taught in mathematics and geometryĪnd used his skills to design church domes, plazas, and magnificent interiors that Leonardo drew two of the most enduringĪnd beautiful paintings in the world- The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. I just finished Walter Isaacson’s inspiring biography of Leonardo da Vinci.Īre so extra-ordinary that it’s easy to put an unbridgeable gap between him and
0 kommentar(er)
