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> [“The greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/the-greatest-artist-does-not-have-any-concept-which-a-single-piece-of/)

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

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## More by Michelangelo Buonarroti

> [“Din ce e farmec si vremelnicie si indurare, raul meu se naste.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/din-ce-e-farmec-si-vremelnicie-si-indurare-raul-meu-se-naste/)

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

> [“The greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/the-greatest-artist-does-not-have-any-concept-which-a-single-piece-of/)

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

> [“Cruzimea n-are rost unde-i iubire si nici puterea unde-i umilinta; blandetea-nvinge orice-mpotrivire, ca veseli orice suferinta.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/cruzimea-n-are-rost-unde-i-iubire-si-nici-puterea-unde-i-umilinta/)

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

> [“si zi de zi, mahnindu-l viitorul, la gandul mortii tresarind exulta si intre teama si nadejde tine pe cai imaginare sa-si ia zborul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/si-zi-de-zi-mahnindu-l-viitorul-la-gandul-mortii-tresarind-exulta-si/)

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

> [“I am still learning." -Michelangelo late in his life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/i-am-still-learning-michelangelo-late-in-his-life/)

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

> [“Ce viclesug, ce forta si ce geniu, stapan ingrat, m-ar duce iar la tine, chip milostiv ce-n inima porti moarte?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/ce-viclesug-ce-forta-si-ce-geniu-stapan-ingrat-m-ar-duce-iar-la-tine/)

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

> [“Precious is sleep, better to be of stone, while the oppression and the shame still last; not seeing and not hearing, I am blest;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/precious-is-sleep-better-to-be-of-stone-while-the-oppression-and-the/)

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

> [“Se duc genii si durere, mor cuvinte si placere, generatii sub tacere, fum in vant, sub soare umbra.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/se-duc-genii-si-durere-mor-cuvinte-si-placere-generatii-sub-tacere/)

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

> [“O night, O sweetest time, though black of hue, with peace you force all the restless work to end; those who exalt you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/o-night-o-sweetest-time-though-black-of-hue-with-peace-you-force-all/)

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

> [“You no longer feel the fear of a change of being and desire . . . The course of the hours lays not violent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/you-no-longer-feel-the-fear-of-a-change-of-being-and-desire-the/)

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

> [“Iar razbunarea e aceasta: intrucat noi l-am ucis pe el, el asa mort cum este ne-a luat lumina si cu ochii inchisi i-a inchis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/iar-razbunarea-e-aceasta-intrucat-noi-l-am-ucis-pe-el-el-asa-mort-cum/)

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

> [“Anyone who follows others never passes them by, and anyone who does not know how to do good works on his own cannot make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/anyone-who-follows-others-never-passes-them-by-and-anyone-who-does/)

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

> [“Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I accomplish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/lord-grant-that-i-may-always-desire-more-than-i-accomplish/)

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

> [“The noble heart finds most in starlike eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/the-noble-heart-finds-most-in-starlike-eyes/)

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

> [“Cel ce iubirea-si ia drept arma, frange destin si ura, forta si mizerii.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-buonarroti/cel-ce-iubirea-si-ia-drept-arma-frange-destin-si-ura-forta-si-mizerii/)

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

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