Author: Michelangelo

Quotes

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

- 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

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

- Michelangelo

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

- Michelangelo

Genius is eternal patience.

Genius is eternal patience.

- 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

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

- Michelangelo

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