Michelangelo Quotes
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Serene I fold my hands and wait.
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Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; A lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; And death was safety and great joy to find; But dying now, I shall not climb to Heaven.
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If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
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It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
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Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.
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Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
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Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
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Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.
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Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.
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Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
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Souls will never ascend to Heaven until the sight of beauty lifts them there.
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There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
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Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.
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If I love in thee, beloved, only what thou lovest most, do not be angry; for so one spirit is enamoured of another.
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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection.
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I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
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I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
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From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.
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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
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Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.