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I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
Age: 88 †
Born: 1475
Born: March 6
Died: 1564
Died: February 18
Architect
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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
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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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If the wine is not good, then throw it out!
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An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.
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Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
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The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the possessing, that makes us happy.
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Serene I fold my hands and wait.
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No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
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Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.
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A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
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Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.
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Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.
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I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.
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To touch is to give life.
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A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
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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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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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True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.
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