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Quotes by Michelangelo

Michelangelo

“Everything hurts.”

Michelangelo

“I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.”

Michelangelo

“The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has”

Michelangelo

“It is well with me when only when I have a chisel in my hand”

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.”

Michelangelo

“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”

Michelangelo

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

Michelangelo

I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled until I set him free.

Michelangelo

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

Michelangelo

When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesnt look like David.

Michelangelo

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Michelangelo

I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled til I set him free.

Michelangelo

Genius is eternal patience.

Michelangelo

Faith in oneself... is the best and safest course.

Michelangelo

Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.

Michelangelo

Faith in oneself ... is the best and safest course.

Michelangelo

Trifles make perfection - and perfection is no trifle.

Michelangelo

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

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Michelangelo

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

Michelangelo