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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
Michelangiolo
Michelangiolo Buonaroti
Michiel Angelo buonarota
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Mic Angelo
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I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent.
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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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I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
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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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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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Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
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Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.
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The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.
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I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
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I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
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There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
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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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Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
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A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
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Patience is eternal genius
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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
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It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
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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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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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