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Marble Quotes by Michelangelo
- In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I…
- The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
- The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
- 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…
- I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
- The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
- 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…
- 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…
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- What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. — Joseph Addison
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- In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large… — Nolan Bushnell
- Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. — Alexis Carrel
- I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and… — Johann Gottfried Herder
- How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose,… — Walter Russell
- A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
- In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose… — Alexander Hamilton
- Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against… — Aldous Huxley
- I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. — Augustus