Author: Michelangelo

Quotes

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

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

- Michelangelo

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

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

- Michelangelo

I am still learning.

I am still learning.

- Michelangelo

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

- 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

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