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
If I love in thee, beloved, only what thou lovest most, do not be angry; for so one spirit is enamoured of… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
If there is some good in me, it is because I was born in the subtle atmosphere of your country of Arezzo.… — 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
I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for. — 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
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
