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Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
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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Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
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Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of.
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