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Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
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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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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A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
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There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
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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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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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Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
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