Michelangelo's contemporaries thought him the greatest artist who ever lived and called him 'divine.' His reputation as sculptor, architect, painter and draughtsman has not subsequently been surpassed, and who is to say his contemporaries were wrong? — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
Michelangelo's contemporaries thought him the greatest artist who ever lived and called him 'divine.' His reputation as sculptor, architect, painter and draughtsman has not… — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
Certainly, the history of my life and the works of art which have especially enriched it is precisely that: the depiction or incantation of… — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
Pride is a wound and vanity is the scab on it. One's life picks at the scab to open that wound again and again.… — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
The process of drawing is... the process of putting the visual intelligence into action, the very mechanics of visual thought. Unlike painting and sculpture...… — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
About the fearful sphere which we inhabit, whose centre may be calculated and whose circumference is physically established, there spin metaphors whose centre is… — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
Pride is a wound, and vanity is the scab on it. One's life picks at the scab to open the wound again and again.… — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
