Vol. I: X. Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations: 682.
The Da Vinci Notebooks
Obstacles cannot crush me
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve
He who is fixed to a star does not change
his mind.
356:320 : This text is written to elucidate two sketches which were obviously the first sketches for the drawings reproduced on PL LXII, No. 2.