Artist Quote by Miles J. Unger Download Open image ““driven, passionate, mercurial, irascible" [the character of Michelangelo]”” — Miles J. Unger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artist Character Character Michelangelo Irascible Character Michelangelo Passionate Mercurial
“In essence, Ficino’s philosophy elevated the liberal arts, pure scientific research, and the centrality of the individual and his or her immortal soul’s redemption… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
I'm not Michelangelo but I would like to be that. I'll never be him but I'm trying to strive to do that in my… — Brian Bird Copy Share Image
“Their love, however, was the epitome of what we today would label “platonic.” They loved each other’s minds. Michelangelo was thrilled to find an… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“So what was Michelangelo’s real message? “SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST”? A more profound and legitimate explanation of the Sistine is that perhaps it is… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
If we now seek the spiritual significance of the technique of Michelangelo we shall find that his sculpture expressed restless energy... — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
“Let’s start with Michelangelo’s predecessors. What did they want the chapel to say, and what relevance, if any, do these ideas still have today?” — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
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“...Michelangelo transformed both the practice of art and our conception of the artist's role in society.” — Miles J. Unger Copy Share Image
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“What, then, is the unifying theme, if any, of these four different corner panels that might account for their selection by Michelangelo? The obvious… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
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“...Michelangelo transformed both the practice of art and our conception of the artist's role in society.” — Miles J. Unger Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp 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
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
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The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
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The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Designers shouldn’t design for museums any more than mummies should die for them. — Ralph Caplan Copy Share Image