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Michelangelo Quotes

Michelangelo quotes

Italian Artist March 6, 1475 – March 18, 1564

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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
Michelangelo quote: "Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture."
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. 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
Michelangelo quote: "I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint."
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "There is no greater harm than that of time wasted."
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it..."
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in..."
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
Michelangelo quote: "I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."
I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "Genius is eternal patience."
Genius is eternal patience. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too..."
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight,..."
From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "I am still learning."
I am still learning. Michelangelo
Michelangelo quote: "A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Michelangelo

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