Marble Quote by Alexis Carrel

“To progress again, man must remake himself. And he cannot remake himself without suffering. For he is both the marble and the sculptor. In…

— Alexis Carrel

Man is a marble piece; unlike Michelangelo's masterpieces, man is unconsciously carved and imperfectly shaped by the nature

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Man enjoys living on the edge of his dreams and neglects the real things of the world which are so beautiful. The ignorant and…

— Auguste Rodin

A man may as well hew marble without tools, or paint without colors or instruments, or build without materials, as perform any acceptable service…

— Joseph Alleine

Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering.

— Franz Kafka

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

— Michelangelo

The sculptor who deals with form seeks to imprison beauty in a marble statue that will withstand the ravages of time during millenniums; but…

— Max Heindel

The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free…

— Michelangelo

The sculptor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common observer of life and nature.

— John Ruskin

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.

— Ananda Coomaraswamy

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand…

— Michelangelo

The block of marble is not the sculptor, and doesn't see that he's about to become a masterpiece... We're the block of marble and…

— Peter Kreeft