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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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The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.
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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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I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
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No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
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Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
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Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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