"Nearly half a dozen times, he uprooted himself and his workshop in a huff, leaving unfinished commissions behind him. Sometimes it was over a slight. Usually it was because the patron couldn’t quite be everything [[Leonardo Da Vinci|Leonardo]] wanted. **The subtext of his angry letters and half-completed work speaks as loudly to us today as any angry teenager: You’re not my dad. You can’t tell me what to do. You don’t really love me. I’ll show you**" ([Location 1184](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=1184)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[Leonardo Da Vinci]], [[humility]], [[expertise]], [[teaching-anecdotes]], [[ego]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]