The Accessible Genius of Leonardo da Vinci
“Describe the tongue of the woodpecker.”
Leonardo leads… in curiosity.
Describing Leonardo da Vinci as a genius is hardly a controversial claim. However, Walter Isaacson, in his excellent biography Leonardo da Vinci, cautions us that there’s more to it than that.
“Slapping the ‘genius’ label on Leonardo oddly minimizes him by making it seem as if he were touched by lightning. … In fact, Leonardo…
