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38 Mind-Blowing Quotes By Michelangelo For The Carver In You
Michelangelo was a celebrated Italian architect, sculptor, poet of High Renaissance and painter. Born in the Republic of Florence, Michelangelo did his utmost to leave an unequalled impact on the Western art. He is considered as one of the greatest artists of all time. He was never inclined towards schooling and concentrated more on painting. His best-known works include ‘The Pieta’ and ‘David’. He is also considered as a contender for the title of ‘The Archetypal Renaissance Man’ due to his versatility in his chosen field. Here is a compilation of thoughts, quotes and sayings by Michelangelo which have been curated from his works and life. We bring to you the famous quotes and sayings by Michelangelo which he expressed through his paintings, sculptures and works.
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.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
Michelangelo
From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.
Michelangelo
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Michelangelo
The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.
Michelangelo
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
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.
Michelangelo
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
Michelangelo
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
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
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
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
Michelangelo
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
Michelangelo
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Michelangelo
If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.
