He left out: “I am faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.”
Leonardo was a great man, because of his artistic achievements. But when it comes to inventions, he was more like Rube Goldberg or Chuck Jones. He could imagine anything, and it would look plausible in his extremely impressive artistic representations. But he never built much of anything he imagined, and neither did anyone else.
He left out: “I am faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.”
Leonardo was a great man, because of his artistic achievements. But when it comes to inventions, he was more like Rube Goldberg or Chuck Jones. He could imagine anything, and it would look plausible in his extremely impressive artistic representations. But he never built much of anything he imagined, and neither did anyone else.