The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reaso…

Leonardo da Vinci
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The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence. ✨ Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, p.34, GENERAL PRESS
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The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence. ✨ Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, p.34, GENERAL PRESS

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