Leonardo da Vinci Quotes Archive
This is a collection of quotes about food from Leonardo da Vinci.
Man and animals are in reality vehicles and conduits
Posted December 11, 2020
“Man and animals are in reality vehicles and conduits of food, tombs of animals, hostels of Death, coverings that consume, deriving life by the death of others.”
Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious
Posted June 1, 2018
“Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.”
Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth
Posted December 1, 2016
“Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.”