The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires. — Michelangelo Copy Share
To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other. — Michelangelo Copy Share
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. — Michelangelo Copy Share
The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away… — Michelangelo Copy Share
What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour and sweat… — Michelangelo Copy Share
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create. — Michelangelo Copy Share
It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention… — Michelangelo Copy Share
When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, "It is easy. You just chip away… — Michelangelo Copy Share
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend… — Michelangelo Copy Share
