Art Quote by Michelangelo

The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble…

— Michelangelo

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

— Michelangelo

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 greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A…

— Michelangelo Buonarroti

Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary…

— Confucius

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

— 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

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

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

— Joseph Addison

The work of art is already within the block of marble. I just chop off whatever isn't needed.

— Auguste Rodin

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.

— Joseph Addison

“The story is told of Michelangelo being asked about his methods for sculpting. He replied simply that he worked on a block of marble,…

— David duChemin