Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting,… — 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
