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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Age: 88 †
Born: 1475
Born: March 6
Died: 1564
Died: February 18
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Michelangelo Bonorotti
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The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.
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If the wine is not good, then throw it out!
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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
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Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold beyond the world she soars the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend
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Is it any wonder, since, when near the fire, I was melted and burned, if now that it's extinguished outside me, it besets and consumes me inside, and bit by bit reduces me to ashes?
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If I am more alive because love burns and chars me, as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation, it's that he who lays me low is my salvation, and invigorates the more, the more he scars me.
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If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
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Serene I fold my hands and wait.
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The greatest 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.
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So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.
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Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt themselves with the useless conversation of idle people, and debase the intellect from the lofty imaginations in which they are always absorbed.
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Draw, Antonio draw, Antonio draw and don’t waste time.
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In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting.
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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
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Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.
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Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
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Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?
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Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.
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No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.
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If there is some good in me, it is because I was born in the subtle atmosphere of your country of Arezzo. Along with the milk of my nurse I received the knack of handling chisel and hammer, with which I make my figures.
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