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

— 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

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

— Joseph Addison

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

— Joseph Addison

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

— Joseph Addison

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

— Auguste Rodin

An artist is no bigger than the size of his mind.

— Jack Shadbolt

An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the…

— Diego Rivera

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.

— Katherine Anne Porter

“Without art; without paintings, books, sculpture and music, the human soul would be quite impenetrable, don’t you think?”

— Jonathan Hull