#leonardo-da-vinci

You would not believe how many times Leonardo Da Vinci had to paint the Mona Lisa before he got one where she wasn't blinking

LEONARDO DA VINCI: *on street corner* eeey girl! gimme a smile, girl! nah, not that big. make it cryptic, girl, like 'what is she thinking'

After a venerable career of endless stellar successes the greatest director who ever lived is in his prime and preparing for his most ambitious project ever when he unexpectedly dies and is called home to heaven. St. Peter meets him at the gate. ""So sorry about your untimely death"" he tells the director. ""But God himself has called you home. You see God wants you to direct a movie for Him."" The great man is humbled ""God wants ME to direct a film?"" ""Yes"" St. Peter tells him. ""And we'…