The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Quote by Michelangelo
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The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
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Michelangelo Quotes
- 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.
- The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
- A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
- 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.
- 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.
- Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
- 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.
- Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
- The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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