Michelangelo Quotes:
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Michelangelo
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Michelangelo
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.
Michelangelo
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
Michelangelo
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
Michelangelo
Genius is eternal patience.
Michelangelo
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Michelangelo
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Michelangelo
I am still learning.
Michelangelo
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Michelangelo
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
Michelangelo
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
Michelangelo
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
Michelangelo
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
Michelangelo