100 Entrepreneurs Who Changed The World
18. Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519
“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”
Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian sculptor, painter, inventor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. The archetypal “Renaissance Man,” Da Vinci pursued his interests in any direction they took him and mastered them. He lived doing what he loved and was famous for his boundless abilities and knowledge. He is one of the most renowned painters of all time, his most famous works being the Mona Lisa and, of course, his Last Supper. Da Vinci’s influence on the modern world is incalculable, and the works of art he left us no invaluable, meaning they literally are priceless.
