What motivated Leonardo da Vinci?

Wikipedia provides good information about Leonardo's artistic, humanistic and scientific curiosity. He seemed to be motivated by his empirical curiosity about life, people and the history of both, and he had an extremely inventive/creative mind. read more

Absolutely relentless curiosity. He was interested in absolutely everything, and thus obsessively studied everything, so much so that he ended up actually getting very little done. read more

Leonardo da Vinci, perhaps most noted as an artist, was also an architect, inventor and chronicler of science, among other outlets for his talents. Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a prominent attorney notary and a young peasant girl. read more

Leondardo Da Vinci was motivated by his friend Ezio Auditore Da Frenze. read more