Art Quote by Michelangelo

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…

— 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

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

— Michelangelo

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

— Auguste Rodin

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

— Michelangelo

If you really want to go after something, you have to keep hammering at the stone whether or not the first hit or the…

— Spencer Dinwiddie

I love looking at sculpture, but there's some sort of spell that's broken with it.

— Joe Bradley

It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.

— Menander

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

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 diamond is the hardest stone -- to get.

— Evan Esar