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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Age: 88 †
Born: 1475
Born: March 6
Died: 1564
Died: February 18
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Draftsperson
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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
Buonarhota
Michel
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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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Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.
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The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection is striving for something devine.
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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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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
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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.
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Love is a beautiful image Imagined or seen within the heart, The friend of virtue and gentility.
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