Genius is infinite painstaking. Michelangelo More Quotes by Michelangelo More Quotes From Michelangelo 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. Michelangelo sculptureblockinspiration It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man. Michelangelo bad-assbadassmen Lorenzo de' Medici seeks highly skilled, aesthetically oriented individual to conceive and implement several major public projects. You are a generalist with sound training in structural engineering, synthesis of pigments and Christian iconography. Some climbing involved Michelangelo engineeringclimbingchristian Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; Michelangelo safetyfeetwings The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone. Michelangelo sculptureartisthands Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle Michelangelo triflesperfection No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life. Michelangelo masteryendsart I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing or painting, all others being members proceeding therefrom. Michelangelo menartthinking I am always learning. Michelangelo always-learning Nature did all things well Michelangelo wellsenvironmentnature From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born. Michelangelo delightpaininspiration The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble spell is all the hand that serves the brain can do. Michelangelo artistbrainhands I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop. Michelangelo paintershopskind As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows. Michelangelo sculptureinspirationstones One paints with one's head, not one's hand. Michelangelo painthands There is no tongue to speak his eulogy; Michelangelo eyecountryfall Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true. Michelangelo very-truedoelying I am no artist - please come and help me. Michelangelo insecurityartisthelping My beard towards heaven, I feel my nape support / The back of my head, I grow the breast of a harpy / And my brush as it drips continually / Upon my face, makes it a gorgeous floor. Michelangelo beardsupportheaven The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image. Michelangelo blockartisthands
