Author: 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

I am still learning.

I am still learning.

- Michelangelo

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

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

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

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

- Michelangelo

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

- Michelangelo

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

Genius is eternal patience.

Genius is eternal patience.

- Michelangelo

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