Art Quote by Michelangelo Download Open image “Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.” — Michelangelo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Perfection Trifle Trifles
“Details are but trifles, but details make for perfection, and perfection is no trifle.” — Ben Franklin Copy Share Image
Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The nonexistence of perfection makes imperfection (almost) perfect. — Jean Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
And what do I mean by the word 'perfection'? That I shall not try to explain but only say, 'Perfection makes me laugh.' Not… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence! — Vince Lombardi 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