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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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There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
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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 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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Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
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There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
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Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold beyond the world she soars the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend
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Serene I fold my hands and wait.
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The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for me if I had set myself to making matches in my youth. I should not be in such distress of mind.
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Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.
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It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
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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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