All Michelangelo Quotes
- Forgiveness is divine, but never pay pull price for late pizza. Divine
- Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly. Aim
- Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding. Adding
- Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt… Absorbed
- The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows. Grows
- The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. Artist
- There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free. Angel
- The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires. Desire
- If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius. Art
- The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits. Aim
- And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than… Barbarous
- He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture. Architecture
- As you give out, so shall you receive. Give
- No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death. Bear
- The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the… Already Complete
- Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which… Affirm
- Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed. Concerned
- I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children. Art
- It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary for the painter… Great
- Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your… Discovering