Tag: Michelangelo
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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
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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.
Michelangelo
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A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Michelangelo
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My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth’s loveliness.
Michelangelo
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From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.
Michelangelo
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What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?
Michelangelo
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The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo
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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
Michelangelo
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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
Michelangelo
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Many believe – and I believe – that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Michelangelo