Michelangelo

I am a man of my word.

I am not interested in money. I am interested in art.

I am a man of passion.

Art is a jealous mistress.

I am not a politician. I am an artist.

I am a man of my own mind.

I am not a teacher. I am a learner.

I am a man of my own destiny.

I am not a follower. I am a leader.

I am a man of my own creation.

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can discover it.

I am not a slave. I am a free man.

I am a man of my own rules.

I am not a coward. I am a brave man.

I am a man of my own convictions.

I am not a fool. I am a wise man.

I am a man of my own principles.

The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

I am not a liar. I am a truthful man.

I am a man of my own integrity.