Author: 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.

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

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 true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

- Michelangelo

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

- 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

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

- Michelangelo

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

- 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

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