Man Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

— Alexis Carrel

There are two kinds of sculptures. There's the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“My object in The Prince was to show defeated Italy a model of her savior, a man as perfect in the bold acquisition of…

— Michael Ennis

Sculpture is not the mere cutting of the form of anything in stone; it is the cutting of the effect of it. Very often…

— John Ruskin

In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece.

— Eddie Murphy

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

“In his last years, Michelangelo worked on new pietà sculptures—not for any pope, but for his own diversion and probably for his own tomb.…

— Benjamin Blech

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

“driven, passionate, mercurial, irascible" [the character of Michelangelo]”

— Miles J. Unger

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

“So what was Michelangelo’s real message? “SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST”? A more profound and legitimate explanation of the Sistine is that perhaps it is…

— Benjamin Blech

“In essence, Ficino’s philosophy elevated the liberal arts, pure scientific research, and the centrality of the individual and his or her immortal soul’s redemption…

— Benjamin Blech