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Michelangelo Quotes

Precious is sleep, better to be of stone, while the oppression and the shame still last; not seeing and not hearing, I am blest; so do not wake me, hush! keep your voice down Picture Quote #1

If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been wallpapered Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

No one has mastery before he is at the end of his art and his life Picture Quote #1

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has Picture Quote #1

This comes from dangling from the ceiling - I'm goitered like a Lombard cat (or wherever else their throats grow fat) - It's my belly that's beyond concealing, it hangs beneath my chin like peeling Picture Quote #1

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Led by long years to my last hours, too late, o world, I know your joys for what they are. You promise a peace which is not yours to give and the repose that dies before it is born. The years of fear and shame to which heaven now set a term, renew nothing in me but the old sweet error in which, living overlong a man kills his soul with no gain to his body. I say and I know having put it to the proof, that he has the better part in heaven whose death falls nearest his birth Picture Quote #1

I saw the angel in the marble and I just chiselled until I set him free Picture Quote #1

I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing or painting, all others being members proceeding therefrom Picture Quote #1

What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour and sweat in such a way that it may afterward appear, however much it was laboured upon, to have been done almost quickly and almost without any labour, and very easily, although it was not Picture Quote #1

It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of Picture Quote #1

In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting Picture Quote #1

Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for me if I had set myself to making matches in my youth. I should not be in such distress of mind Picture Quote #1

Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true Picture Quote #1

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other Picture Quote #1

Read the heart and not the letter for the pen cannot draw near the good intent Picture Quote #1

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It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man Picture Quote #1

In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it Picture Quote #1

Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly Picture Quote #1

The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires Picture Quote #1

If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius Picture Quote #1

The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits Picture Quote #1

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And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children Picture Quote #1

An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create Picture Quote #1

Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure Picture Quote #1

I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent Picture Quote #1

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Precious is sleep, better to be of stone, while the oppression and the shame still last; not seeing and not hearing, I am blest; so do not wake me, hush! keep your voice down (Michelangelo Quotes) If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been wallpapered (Michelangelo Quotes) 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 Quotes) No one has mastery before he is at the end of his art and his life (Michelangelo Quotes) The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has (Michelangelo Quotes) This comes from dangling from the ceiling - I'm goitered like a Lombard cat (or wherever else their throats grow fat) - It's my belly that's beyond concealing, it hangs beneath my chin like peeling (Michelangelo Quotes) Led by long years to my last hours, too late, o world, I know your joys for what they are. You promise a peace which is not yours to give and the repose that dies before it is born. The years of fear and shame to which heaven now set a term, renew nothing in me but the old sweet error in which, living overlong a man kills his soul with no gain to his body. I say and I know having put it to the proof, that he has the better part in heaven whose death falls nearest his birth (Michelangelo Quotes) I saw the angel in the marble and I just chiselled until I set him free (Michelangelo Quotes) I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing or painting, all others being members proceeding therefrom (Michelangelo Quotes) What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour and sweat in such a way that it may afterward appear, however much it was laboured upon, to have been done almost quickly and almost without any labour, and very easily, although it was not (Michelangelo Quotes) It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen (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 (Michelangelo Quotes) Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of (Michelangelo Quotes) In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting (Michelangelo Quotes) Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for me if I had set myself to making matches in my youth. I should not be in such distress of mind (Michelangelo Quotes) Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true (Michelangelo Quotes) To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other (Michelangelo Quotes) Read the heart and not the letter for the pen cannot draw near the good intent (Michelangelo Quotes) It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man (Michelangelo Quotes) In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it (Michelangelo Quotes) Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly (Michelangelo Quotes) The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires (Michelangelo Quotes) If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius (Michelangelo Quotes) The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits (Michelangelo Quotes) And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed (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 (Michelangelo Quotes) 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 does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create (Michelangelo Quotes) 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 dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent (Michelangelo Quotes)

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