Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least.

Leonardo da Vinci

Quoted in Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, by Giorgio Vasari

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Topic

Success Work Leisure

Speaker

Leonardo da Vinci

Author

Giorgio Vasari

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Italian

Time

1560s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Vasari, Giorgio. Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori. Vol 2. 1568.

Current Citation

Vasari, Giorgio. Lives of the Artists (Volume I). Translated by George Bull. Penguin, 1988.

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