Michelangelo Quotes & Sayings
38 most famous Michelangelo quotes and sayings (artist). These are the first 10 quotes we have for 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.”
“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.”
“My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.”
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
“Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”
“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”
“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.”
“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.”
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