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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
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
Buonarhota
Michel
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Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
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True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.
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Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?
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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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I am still learning. (at age 87)
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If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.
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Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
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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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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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Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting is a music and a melody which intellect only can appreciate, and with great difficulty.
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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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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
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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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