Michael Gelb

Well, you got to love it. It begins, most illustrious Lord. And then he basically says, having seen what other people can do, I got to tell you, I can do way better. And then he goes on to say, I can build you bridges. I can take care of everything in time and times of war because the felt need of despots like Sforza was build me some cannon, uh, help me get, uh,

underwater to blow up the enemy's fortress. So Leonardo goes on and on about how he can help with all this. And then he says, I think it's number 11, he says, oh yeah, by the way, I could do a little painting. And then he says, not only that, I'll come to your palace and I'll prove that I can do all of this. And then he says, all in most gracious humility. He got the job.

underwater to blow up the enemy's fortress. So Leonardo goes on and on about how he can help with all this. And then he says, I think it's number 11, he says, oh yeah, by the way, I could do a little painting. And then he says, not only that, I'll come to your palace and I'll prove that I can do all of this. And then he says, all in most gracious humility. He got the job.

underwater to blow up the enemy's fortress. So Leonardo goes on and on about how he can help with all this. And then he says, I think it's number 11, he says, oh yeah, by the way, I could do a little painting. And then he says, not only that, I'll come to your palace and I'll prove that I can do all of this. And then he says, all in most gracious humility. He got the job.

You got to give the customer what they're asking for. And what he wanted and what he needed, to come back to your earlier question, he wound up, he was in the Vatican for a while. He was under the patronage of Cesare Borgia. He had a second time in Florence under the reconstituted Medici. He then was back in

You got to give the customer what they're asking for. And what he wanted and what he needed, to come back to your earlier question, he wound up, he was in the Vatican for a while. He was under the patronage of Cesare Borgia. He had a second time in Florence under the reconstituted Medici. He then was back in

You got to give the customer what they're asking for. And what he wanted and what he needed, to come back to your earlier question, he wound up, he was in the Vatican for a while. He was under the patronage of Cesare Borgia. He had a second time in Florence under the reconstituted Medici. He then was back in

Milan for a while under the patronage of the French, and then he spent the last three years of his life as the philosopher and basically high-level executive coach to Francois I, the King of France. So he had to do what he had to do in order to continue to do what he really wanted to do, which was to understand the mind of God. What Leonardo was passionately curious about What is truth?

Milan for a while under the patronage of the French, and then he spent the last three years of his life as the philosopher and basically high-level executive coach to Francois I, the King of France. So he had to do what he had to do in order to continue to do what he really wanted to do, which was to understand the mind of God. What Leonardo was passionately curious about What is truth?

Milan for a while under the patronage of the French, and then he spent the last three years of his life as the philosopher and basically high-level executive coach to Francois I, the King of France. So he had to do what he had to do in order to continue to do what he really wanted to do, which was to understand the mind of God. What Leonardo was passionately curious about What is truth?

What is beauty? What is goodness? How do they all fit together? So for him, art, what we call art and what we call science, were just ways of exploring truth. What is so? What is real? What is the nature of things? He draws the very first reasonably accurate drawing of an embryo in the womb because he really wanted to understand the secret of life.

What is beauty? What is goodness? How do they all fit together? So for him, art, what we call art and what we call science, were just ways of exploring truth. What is so? What is real? What is the nature of things? He draws the very first reasonably accurate drawing of an embryo in the womb because he really wanted to understand the secret of life.

What is beauty? What is goodness? How do they all fit together? So for him, art, what we call art and what we call science, were just ways of exploring truth. What is so? What is real? What is the nature of things? He draws the very first reasonably accurate drawing of an embryo in the womb because he really wanted to understand the secret of life.

So the science is he did dissections of more than 30 bodies, which was very, very hard to do at that time without running water and electric light and refrigeration and so on and so forth. And yet the way he drew the things that he was dissecting are so exquisitely beautiful. They are works of art and science.

So the science is he did dissections of more than 30 bodies, which was very, very hard to do at that time without running water and electric light and refrigeration and so on and so forth. And yet the way he drew the things that he was dissecting are so exquisitely beautiful. They are works of art and science.

So the science is he did dissections of more than 30 bodies, which was very, very hard to do at that time without running water and electric light and refrigeration and so on and so forth. And yet the way he drew the things that he was dissecting are so exquisitely beautiful. They are works of art and science.

And that's the fifth principle for thinking like Leonardo is arte scienza, the integration of art and science.

And that's the fifth principle for thinking like Leonardo is arte scienza, the integration of art and science.

And that's the fifth principle for thinking like Leonardo is arte scienza, the integration of art and science.

I love that. I love that the contrast between Leonardo and Michelangelo is a wonderful character study of genius, and they both reflect aspects of our own quest to express ourselves and achieve and live our life's purpose. Some of us do it from guilt and shame, like Michelangelo, and some of us do it from love and just passionately