Thinking Like Da Vinci
“Genius is made, not born.”
The Seven Da Vincian Principles
- Curiosita – an insatiably curious approach to life and unrelenting quest for continuous learning.
- Dimostrazione – a commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and willingness to learn from mistakes.
- Sensazione – the continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience.
- Sfumato (literally means “going up in smoke”) – a willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty.
- Arte/Scienza – the development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination; “whole-brain” thinking.
- Corporalita – the cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise (capitalizing on the mind-body connection).
- Connessione – a recognition of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things, systems of thinking.
