Author: Michelangelo

Quotes

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

- Michelangelo

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

- Michelangelo

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.

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

Genius is eternal patience.

Genius is eternal patience.

- Michelangelo

I am still learning.

I am still learning.

- Michelangelo

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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