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Michelangelo Quotes

Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle Picture Quote #1

If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn’t call it genius Picture Quote #1

He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture Picture Quote #1

Michelangelo indeed could have carved out your features Picture Quote #1

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image Picture Quote #1

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all Picture Quote #1

If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all Picture Quote #1

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On the completion of the Sistine chapel ceiling: I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied Picture Quote #1

I already have a wife, who is too much for me; one who keeps me unceasingly struggling on. It is my art, and my works are my children Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Every beauty which is seen here below by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come Picture Quote #1

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it Picture Quote #1

If life be a pleasure, yet, since death also is sent by the hand of the same master, neither should that displease us Picture Quote #1

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Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; a lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; and death was safety and great joy to find; but dying now, I shall not climb to Heaven Picture Quote #1

The greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it Picture Quote #1

Is it any wonder, since, when near the fire, I was melted and burned, if now that it's extinguished outside me, it besets and consumes me inside, and bit by bit reduces me to ashes? Picture Quote #1

If I am more alive because love burns and chars me, as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation, it's that he who lays me low is my salvation, and invigorates the more, the more he scars me Picture Quote #1

Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone, While pain and guilt still linger here below, Blindness and numbness - these please me alone; Then do not wake me, keep your voices low Picture Quote #1

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all Picture Quote #1

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Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle (Michelangelo Quotes) If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn’t call it genius (Michelangelo Quotes) He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture (Michelangelo Quotes) Michelangelo indeed could have carved out your features (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 (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 (Michelangelo Quotes) 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 (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 (Michelangelo Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself (Michelangelo Quotes) 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 (Michelangelo Quotes) The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image (Michelangelo Quotes) What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? (Michelangelo Quotes) 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 (Michelangelo Quotes) If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all (Michelangelo Quotes) If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all (Michelangelo Quotes) On the completion of the Sistine chapel ceiling: I've finished that chapel I was painting. The Pope is quite satisfied (Michelangelo Quotes) I already have a wife, who is too much for me; one who keeps me unceasingly struggling on. It is my art, and my works are my children (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 (Michelangelo Quotes) Every beauty which is seen here below by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come (Michelangelo Quotes) The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it (Michelangelo Quotes) If life be a pleasure, yet, since death also is sent by the hand of the same master, neither should that displease us (Michelangelo Quotes) Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; a lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; and death was safety and great joy to find; but dying now, I shall not climb to Heaven (Michelangelo Quotes) The greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it (Michelangelo Quotes) Is it any wonder, since, when near the fire, I was melted and burned, if now that it's extinguished outside me, it besets and consumes me inside, and bit by bit reduces me to ashes? (Michelangelo Quotes) If I am more alive because love burns and chars me, as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation, it's that he who lays me low is my salvation, and invigorates the more, the more he scars me (Michelangelo Quotes) Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone, While pain and guilt still linger here below, Blindness and numbness - these please me alone; Then do not wake me, keep your voices low (Michelangelo Quotes) If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all (Michelangelo Quotes)

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