The award-winning author explains what drew him to Leonardo da Vinci, and what we can all learn from this self-made Renaissance man. Midway through Walter Isaacson’s luminous new biography, Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist of rising reputation moves from Milan to Florence, and in 1502 agrees to meet the warlord Cesare Borgia. Leonardo at this point is fifty-three, handsome, a success

The award-winning author explains what drew him to Leonardo da Vinci, and what we can all learn from this self-made Renaissance man. Midway through Walter Isaacson’s luminous new biography, Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist of rising reputation moves from Milan to Florence, and in 1502 agrees to meet the warlord Cesare Borgia. Leonardo at this point is fifty-three, handsome, a success