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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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Michelangelo Bonorotti
Michael Angelo Buonarotti
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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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I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
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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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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
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I live and love in God's peculiar light.
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No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
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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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Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.
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An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.
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