Quote by Neil Simon Download Open image “If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.” — Neil Simon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
It would have been the equivalent of Jackson Pollock's attempts to copy the Sistine Chapel. — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The ambitious pope had already discussed the Sistine ceiling with Michelangelo in 1506, probably while they were together in Bologna. No doubt Julius, an… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I always have the idea in mind that when Botticelli was an old man nobody cared about him because he was out of fashion.… — Norbert Bisky Copy Share Image
Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
You get attached to the way you write, and I'm attached to notebooks. That's where I really write the plays. Just two or three… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
“Never have so many given so much for so long for so little for so few for so seldom.” — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement...Of course, He could have built it to last longer but you can't have everything. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I don't like dating or just living with a woman. I like to create a relationship, a marriage. And almost all of my marriages… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
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