Michelangelo

a Sculptor, painter, poet of the Renaissance

I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.More Michelangelo quotes [07/09/2011 10:07:44]

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.More Michelangelo quotes [07/09/2011 10:07:33]

Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.More Michelangelo quotes [07/09/2011 10:07:40]

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.More Michelangelo quotes [07/09/2011 10:07:50]

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?More Michelangelo quotes [07/09/2011 10:07:37]

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