The idea is there, locked inside, and all you have to do is remove the excess stone. Michelangelo More Quotes by Michelangelo More Quotes From Michelangelo The hand that follows intellect can achieve. Michelangelo achieveinspirationalhands And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed. Michelangelo sheepbeautymen However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man. Michelangelo richmaymen Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend Michelangelo wiseheartmen Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. Michelangelo leadershipsuccesslife Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure. Michelangelo drawingtreasureart Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of. Michelangelo powermaymean I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are. Michelangelo funny-winewinebread Serene I fold my hands and wait. Michelangelo ravewaitinghands 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. Michelangelo reliefpaintingopinion Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work? Michelangelo foolinspirationjudging After four tortured years, more than 400 over life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only 37, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become. Michelangelo fourmenyears 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. Michelangelo atmospherenursecountry Genius is infinite painstaking. Michelangelo innovationcreativitygenius I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all. Michelangelo artistcitieslove Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more. Michelangelo erringlaughingmen Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone, While pain and guilt still linger here below, Blindness and numbness--these please me alone; Then do not wake me, keep your voices low. Michelangelo paininspirationsleep A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking. Michelangelo sculpturehillsart Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. Michelangelo inspirationlovemen The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful transforming force and a generator of creative solutions in relation to a given problem. Michelangelo powerfullyingart
