Souls will never ascend to Heaven until the sight of beauty lifts them there. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
My beard towards heaven, I feel my nape support / The back of my head, I grow the breast of a harpy… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; A lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; And death was… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
There is no tongue to speak his eulogy; Too brightly burned his splendor for our eyes; Far easier to condemn his injurers,… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
There is no tongue to speak his eulogy; Too brightly burned his splendour for our eyes: Far easier to condemn his injurers,… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
Led by long years to my last hours, too late, O world, I know your joys for what they are. You promise… — 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 Image
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 Image
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
