All Michelangelo Quotes
- I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint. Alone
- The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. Alone
- 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 the… Alone
- The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient… Artist
- With few words I shall make thee understand my soul. Few
- Read the heart and not the letter for the pen cannot draw near the good intent. Cannot Draw
- So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that… Art
- Lord, make me see thy glory in every place. Every Place
- Is it any wonder, since, when near the fire, I was melted and burned, if now that it's extinguished outside me, it besets and consumes… Any
- If I am more alive because love burns and chars me, as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation, it's that he who… Alive
- Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time. Antonio
- Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. Art
- Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work? Fool
- Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone, While pain and guilt still linger here below, Blindness and numbness--these please me alone;… Alone
- If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius. Call
- Critique by creating. Creating
- The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low… Aim
- Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. Art
- I am still learning. (at age 87) Age
- I am still learning. Learning
- I stand forth to challenge the wisdom of the world; to interrogate the laws of man and of God! I request reasons for your golden… Ask
- I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. Accomplish
- Perseverance quotes, Ageing quotes, Motivational Achievement
- Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. Make Perfection
- If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all. All