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Michelangelo quotes: Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture. Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
Michelangelo quotes: There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free. There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
Michelangelo quotes: Can't you see the angel imprisoned in the block of stone trying to get out? I am trying to free him Can't you see the angel imprisoned in the block of stone trying to get out? I am trying to free him
Michelangelo quotes: Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come. 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 quotes: No great work of art is ever finished. No great work of art is ever finished.
Michelangelo quotes: Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not? Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?
Michelangelo quotes: Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of ... Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of ...
Michelangelo quotes: A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection
Michelangelo quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed. Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.
Michelangelo quotes: If I love in thee, beloved, only what thou lovest most, do not be angry; for so one spirit is enamoured of another. If I love in thee, beloved, only what thou lovest most, do not be angry; for so one spirit is enamoured of another.
Michelangelo quotes: I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled until I set him free. I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled until I set him free.
Michelangelo quotes: Genius is infinite painstaking. Genius is infinite painstaking.
Michelangelo quotes: An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create. An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.
Michelangelo quotes: If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. 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 quotes: A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking. A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
Michelangelo quotes: Lord, make me see thy glory in every place. Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
Michelangelo quotes: I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope. I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.
Michelangelo quotes: I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for. I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.
Michelangelo quotes: Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop. Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
Michelangelo quotes: So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers. So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.
Michelangelo quotes: What do you despise? By this you are truly known. What do you despise? By this you are truly known.
Michelangelo quotes: Nature did all things well Nature did all things well
Michelangelo quotes: Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more. Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.
Michelangelo quotes: One paints with one's head, not one's hand. One paints with one's head, not one's hand.
Michelangelo quotes: Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul. Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
Michelangelo quotes: It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand. It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
Michelangelo quotes: Forgiveness is divine, but never pay pull price for late pizza. Forgiveness is divine, but never pay pull price for late pizza.
Michelangelo quotes: The hand that follows intellect can achieve. The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
Michelangelo quotes: Only God creates. The rest of us just copy. Only God creates. The rest of us just copy.
Michelangelo quotes: Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us. Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.
Michelangelo quotes: Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts. Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
Michelangelo quotes: And still I am learning. And still I am learning.
Michelangelo quotes: The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
Michelangelo quotes: The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the possessing, that makes us happy. The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the possessing, that makes us happy.
Michelangelo quotes: If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius. If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius.
Michelangelo quotes: I am no artist - please come and help me. I am no artist - please come and help me.
Michelangelo quotes: Whenever a great painter ... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true. Whenever a great painter ... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
Michelangelo quotes: Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle
Michelangelo quotes: I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all. I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
Michelangelo quotes: There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
Michelangelo quotes: Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole and entire man. Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole and entire man.
Michelangelo quotes: If the wine is not good, then throw it out! If the wine is not good, then throw it out!
Michelangelo quotes: It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man. It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man.
Michelangelo quotes: He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture. He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.
Michelangelo quotes: The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows. The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
Michelangelo quotes: No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life. No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
Michelangelo quotes: Art is a shadow of Divine perfection. Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.
Michelangelo quotes: My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness. My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
Michelangelo quotes: True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it. True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.
Michelangelo quotes: A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
Michelangelo quotes: A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking. A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.
Michelangelo quotes: Serene I fold my hands and wait. Serene I fold my hands and wait.
Michelangelo quotes: Souls will never ascend to Heaven until the sight of beauty lifts them there. Souls will never ascend to Heaven until the sight of beauty lifts them there.
Michelangelo quotes: Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things. Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.
Michelangelo quotes: Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding. Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.
Michelangelo quotes: How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at ... color than at the figures which show spirit and movement. How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at ... color than at the figures which show spirit and movement.
Michelangelo quotes: The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Michelangelo quotes: Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this. Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.
Michelangelo quotes: I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children. I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children.
Michelangelo quotes: An artist must have his measuring tools not in the hand, but in the eye. An artist must have his measuring tools not in the hand, but in the eye.
Michelangelo quotes: The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone. The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.
Michelangelo quotes: If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Michelangelo quotes: Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom. Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
Michelangelo quotes: Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
Michelangelo quotes: I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint. I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
Michelangelo quotes: Lord free me of myself, so I can please you! Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
Michelangelo quotes: I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David. I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
Michelangelo quotes: If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love. If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.
Michelangelo quotes: Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly. Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.
Michelangelo quotes: I criticise by creation, not by finding fault. I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.
Michelangelo quotes: Love is a beautiful image Imagined or seen within the heart, The friend of virtue and gentility. Love is a beautiful image Imagined or seen within the heart, The friend of virtue and gentility.
Michelangelo quotes: Faith in oneself is the best and safest course. Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo quotes: The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires. The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.
Michelangelo quotes: Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure. Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure.
Michelangelo quotes: I live and love in God's peculiar light. I live and love in God's peculiar light.
Michelangelo quotes: I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are. I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
Michelangelo quotes: To touch is to give life. To touch is to give life.

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