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A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Age: 88 †
Born: 1475
Born: March 6
Died: 1564
Died: February 18
Architect
Draftsperson
Engineer
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Painter
Poet
Sculptor
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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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
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Serene I fold my hands and wait.
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There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
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Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
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Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
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A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
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To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.
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Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
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Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order not to corrupt themselves with the useless conversation of idle people, and debase the intellect from the lofty imaginations in which they are always absorbed.
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Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
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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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