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
I am a poor man, and I work for my bread.
The best artist has no conceit.
Even a blind man can see that.
I am not a painter.
This is the work of a man who knows nothing of art.
My soul can find no staircase to approach Thee.
Already at 16, the sky is old and the earth on which I tread no longer seems solid.
The owl, for all his feathers, is an ill flier.
Patience is the mother of all virtues.
One paints with one's head, not one's hand.
The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away.
I feed myself on my own substance.
From such a sharp and waspish word as 'no' I have framed and fashioned my present state.
If we know what we should seek, the desire will cease.
The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.
Critique is the life of the work of art.
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
I am here in great distress and with great physical strain, and I have no friends or help to give me any rest.
The world cares nothing for the artist.