Bigs Quote by Neil Simon

“Yet, to view the Sistine primarily as a self-portrait doesn’t ring totally true. In spite of his arrogance regarding his artistic skill, Michelangelo was…

— Benjamin Blech

Michelangelo indeed could have carved out your features.

— Bob Dylan

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

— Neil Simon

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say:…

— Gianni Versace

Could five hundred men have painted the Sistine Chapel?

— Bill Lear

“Now I know how Michelangelo felt. Only he ended up with the Sistine Chapel and I got a sooty ceiling in a minor mansion…

— Shelley Noble

“The room was not a room to elevate the soul. Louis XIV, to pick a name at random, would not have liked it, would…

— Douglas Adams

It would have been the equivalent of Jackson Pollock's attempts to copy the Sistine Chapel.

— Malcolm Cowley

“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

How our old friend [Michelangelo] of the Sistine would have loved to photograph his workers, perched on the fragile planks. Dali was right to…

— Jean Cocteau

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor

— Edvard Munch

“To assess the success of the Sistine, we must think in terms of its history, its prime architects, and its contemporary relevance. What was…

— Benjamin Blech