Art Quote by Michelangelo Download Open image “The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” — Michelangelo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Art Shadow Artist Divine Divine Perfection Excellence Perfection Shadow
For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God is perfection,… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
“After all, what is art if not a true image and a criterion for the perfection of the human soul?” — Dörthe Binkert Copy Share Image
“Remember, art is an extension of self. …. The unique distinction of being created in the image of God is that what we create… — Erwin Raphael McManus Copy Share Image
Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it. — William Blake Copy Share Image
Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind. — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
real art is religion, a search for the beauty of God deep in all things. — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
“All great art commences with a vision, and perhaps it may be that the vision is closer to God than that which is ultimately… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour and sweat… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create. — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
