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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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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
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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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Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
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True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.
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Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
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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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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
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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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Draw, Antonio draw, Antonio draw and don’t waste time.
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