It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man. Michelangelo More Quotes by Michelangelo More Quotes From Michelangelo 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. Michelangelo positiveinspirationallife 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. Michelangelo inspirational-lifepassionlying I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Michelangelo creativitylifeart I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David. Michelangelo visionmind Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things. Michelangelo masteryperfectionmade To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other. Michelangelo love-each-otherbest-wayway Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us. Michelangelo abandonchristianity If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all. Michelangelo inspiringinspirationalart The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone. Michelangelo excessstonesideas Only God creates. The rest of us just copy. Michelangelo copyingcopies The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo inspiringhappinessinspirational No great work of art is ever finished. Michelangelo great-workfinishedart In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it. Michelangelo wallattitudeart Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. Michelangelo blockinspirationart A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Michelangelo paininspirationart An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create. Michelangelo difficult-workartistthinking For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God is perfection, and whoever strives after it, is striving after something divine. True painting is only the image of the perfection of God, a shadow of the pencil with which he paints, a melody, a striving after harmony. Michelangelo soulreligiousperfect Lord free me of myself, so I can please you! Michelangelo pleasei-canlord When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, "It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn't look like David. Michelangelo stoneseasylooks If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. Michelangelo remembranceartisthands
