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Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Age: 88 †
Born: 1475
Born: March 6
Died: 1564
Died: February 18
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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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Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
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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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It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen.
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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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