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title: "4 Block Quotes By Michelangelo"
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> [The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-sculpture-is-already-complete-within-the-marble-block-before-i/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/michelangelo-2976_artist_the-sculpture-is-already-complete-within_119468.jpg)

> [The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-greatest-artist-has-no-conception-which-a-single-block-of-white/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/michelangelo-2976_art_the-greatest-artist-has-no-conception-wh_1092188.jpg)

> [Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/every-block-of-stone-has-a-statue-inside-it-and-it-is-the-task-of-the/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/michelangelo-2976_block_every-block-of-stone-has-a-statue-inside_1574590.jpg)

> [Can't you see the angel imprisoned in the block of stone trying to get out? I am trying to free him](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/can-t-you-see-the-angel-imprisoned-in-the-block-of-stone-trying-to/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/michelangelo-2976_angel_can-t-you-see-the-angel-imprisoned-in-th_2430550.jpg)

## Other authors on Block

## More by Michelangelo

> [The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-power-of-one-fair-face-makes-my-love-sublime-for-it-has-weaned-my/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/to-know-each-other-is-the-best-way-to-understand-each-other-to/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-marble-not-yet-carved-can-hold-the-form-of-every-thought-the/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/a-great-sculpture-can-roll-down-a-hill-without-breaking/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-sculpture-is-already-complete-within-the-marble-block-before-i/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour and sweat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/what-one-has-most-to-work-and-struggle-for-in-painting-is-to-do-the/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [If the wine is not good, then throw it out!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/if-the-wine-is-not-good-then-throw-it-out/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/an-artist-does-his-most-difficult-work-when-he-steps-back-from-the/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/there-is-no-greater-harm-than-that-of-time-wasted/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/it-is-better-decoration-when-in-painting-some-monstrosity-is/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [To touch is to give life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/to-touch-is-to-give-life/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/sculpture-is-made-by-taking-away-while-painting-is-made-by-adding/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-more-the-marble-wastes-the-more-the-statue-grows/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, "It is easy. You just chip away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/when-they-asked-michelangelo-how-he-made-his-statue-of-david-he-is/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

> [I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/i-am-a-poor-man-and-of-little-worth-who-is-laboring-in-that-art-that/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

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