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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
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Michiel Angelo buonarota
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Mic Angelo
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No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
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So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
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Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.
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There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
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Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
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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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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting.
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Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.
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Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
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After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become.
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I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.
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There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
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I live in sin, to kill myself I live no longer my life my own, but sin's my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.
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Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
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To touch is to give life.
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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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