Michelangelo Buonarroti
A towering figure of the High Renaissance, he was a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, celebrated for his 'David' sculpture and the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes.
Quotes by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Genius is eternal patience.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
I am still learning.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
The marble not yet carved can hold the most perfect of statues.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.
Good painting is the kind that looks like it might not be, and bad painting is the kind that looks like it is.
It is necessary that the first stroke be given to the hardest part.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
What am I to do? Everything is ugly and base in my sight.
I live in sin, committed every day, God forgive me.
The reason why the world is ugly is that men have not yet been educated enough to see that beauty.
Drawing is the true test of art.
Painting, sculpture, and architecture are the three great arts.
I have too high a mind to be a mere hireling.