Quotes by Michelangelo

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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
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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

I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

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

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

Michelangelo

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

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

Michelangelo

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Michelangelo

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.

Michelangelo

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

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

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

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

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

Michelangelo

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

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

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
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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Michelangelo

What do you despise? By this you are truly known.

Michelangelo

Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.

Michelangelo

From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.

Michelangelo

Author Bio

  • NameMichelangelo
  • DescriptionItalian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
  • AliasesMichelangelo Buonarroti
  • BornMarch 6, 1475
  • DiedFebruary 18, 1564
  • CountryItaly; Republic Of Florence
  • ProfessionArtist; Sculptor; Draftsperson; Painter; Architect; Poet; Writer
  • WorksDavid; Pietà; Dying Slave; The Last Judgment; Doni Tondo; Madonna Of The Stairs; Battle Of The Centaurs; The Genius Of Victory; The Deposition; Rondanini Pietà; Sistine Chapel; Rebellious Slave; St. Matthew; Medici Chapels; Bacchus; Brutus; ; Slaves