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I live in sin, to kill myself I live no longer my life my own, but sin's my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.
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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True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.
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Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
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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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Critique by creating.
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No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
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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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I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
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It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary for the painter to be very moral in his mode of life, or even, if such were possible, a saint, so that the Holy Spirit may inspire his intellect.
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No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.
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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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The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.
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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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The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.
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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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