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
age
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
alone
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
-Michelangelo
alone
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
-Michelangelo
alone
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
-Michelangelo
art
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
-Michelangelo
art
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
-Michelangelo
art
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
art
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
beauty
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
beauty
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
-Michelangelo
best
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
best
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
best
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
-Michelangelo
best
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
-Michelangelo
death
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
death
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
-Michelangelo
faith
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
-Michelangelo
faith
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
god
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
-Michelangelo
god
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
god
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
-Michelangelo
good
I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
-Michelangelo
hope
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
hope
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
-Michelangelo
imagination
I am still learning.
-Michelangelo
learning
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
-Michelangelo
nature
Genius is eternal patience.
-Michelangelo
patience
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
-Michelangelo
work
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
work
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