Inscribed: "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen" from the First Part of the book on Painting, 1651, The Paragone by Leonardo Da Vinci with his signature signature. DaVinci was known as the epitome of a Renaissance man with many and varied interests. He is remembered for the perfection of the few paintings he left behind, as well as for his visionary theories and drawings involving science and architecture. He also wrote extensively about art; what it is is and what it is not including this wonderful phrase.