Michelangelo quotes

Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, renowned for masterpieces such as the Sistine Chapel ceiling and David. His artistic genius profoundly influenced the development of Western art and the Renaissance movement. He became an enduring symbol of creativity, talent, and the pursuit of perfection in the arts. Here are 64 of his quotes:

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. (Michelangelo)
The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits. View quote
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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I accomplish. View quote
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. View quote
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A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. View quote
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Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. View quote
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It is well with me when only when I have a chisel in my hand. View quote
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The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. View quote
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There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. View quote
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A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. View quote
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. (Michelangelo)
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. View quote
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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. View quote
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It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges. View quote
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Faith in oneself is the best and safest course. View quote
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I am still learning. View quote
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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. View quote
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I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived. View quote
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Genius is eternal patience. View quote
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Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture. View quote
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If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. (Michelangelo)
What do you despise? By this you are truly known. View quote
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As when, O lady mine, With chiseled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mold, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows. View quote
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If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius. View quote
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Critique by creating. View quote
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Michelangelo

Michelangelo - Image
Occupation: Italian Sculptor
Born: February 25, 1475
Died: February 8, 1564
Quotes count: 64
Wikipedia: Michelangelo

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