Michelangelo
Artist
1475-03-06 – 1564-02-18
Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance artist, sculptor, painter, and architect. His works, including the Sistine Chapel ceiling and David, had lasting influence on Western art.
Books by Michelangelo
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Quotes by Michelangelo
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Your greatness is measured by your horizons.
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Your greatness is measured by your horizons.
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The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
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I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
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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.
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Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.
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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.
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I am still learning.
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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.
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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
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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.
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There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
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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.
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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.
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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
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Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.
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Still I am learning.
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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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