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I live and love in God's peculiar light.
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
Miguel Angel
Michel Angel de Bonarrotta
Michelangelo Buonnaroti
Michelangelo Buonarrota
Michel Aniol
Michelangelo Buonarotti
Michelagniolo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroto Simoni
Michelangiolo
Michelangiolo Buonaroti
Michiel Angelo buonarota
Buonaruota
Mic Angelo
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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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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
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There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
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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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If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.
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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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So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.
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I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent.
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A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
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I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
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The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.
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The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
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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 created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
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No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.
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Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
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