Leonardo da Vinci: Human subtlety...will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature, because in

Human subtlety...will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or m — Leonardo da Vinci

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.

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