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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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
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Michel Aniol
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Michelagniolo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroto Simoni
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The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits.
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If the wine is not good, then throw it out!
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Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
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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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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
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Nature did all things well
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In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting.
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And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed.
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Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.
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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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To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.
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If I am more alive because love burns and chars me, as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation, it's that he who lays me low is my salvation, and invigorates the more, the more he scars me.
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So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.
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