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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.
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Age: 88 †
Born: 1475
Born: March 6
Died: 1564
Died: February 18
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Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
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The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.
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I am still learning. (at age 87)
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To touch is to give life.
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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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Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting is a music and a melody which intellect only can appreciate, and with great difficulty.
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True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
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