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Strive for Perfection
Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
Sculptor | Italian
Born: 1475-03-06 in Caprese, Republic of Florence
Died: February 18, 1564 in Rome, Papal States
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Michelangelo
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
Michelangelo
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
Michelangelo
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Michelangelo
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Michelangelo
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Michelangelo
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Michelangelo
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
Michelangelo
If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.
Michelangelo
Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.
Michelangelo
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
Michelangelo
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Michelangelo
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
Michelangelo
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
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
Michelangelo
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
Michelangelo
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
Michelangelo
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Michelangelo
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
Michelangelo
I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Michelangelo
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Michelangelo
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Michelangelo
I am still learning.
Michelangelo
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
Michelangelo
Genius is eternal patience.
Michelangelo
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Michelangelo
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Michelangelo