The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Michelangelo More Quotes by Michelangelo More Quotes From Michelangelo I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children. Michelangelo wife children art What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour and sweat in such a way that it may afterward appear, however much it was laboured upon, to have been done almost quickly and almost without any labour, and very easily, although it was not. Michelangelo sweat deception struggle There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. Michelangelo wasted-time harm artist If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love. Michelangelo beautiful love believe A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection Michelangelo perfection overcoming art You must know that I am, of all men who were ever born, the most inclined to love persons. Whenever I behold someone who possesses any talent or displays any dexterity of mind, who can do or say something more appropriately than the rest of the world, I am compelled to fall in love with him; and then I give myself up to him so entirely that I am no longer my own property, but wholly his. Michelangelo falling-in-love giving men Already at sixteen, my mind was a battlefield: my love of pagan beauty, the male nude, at war with my religious faith. A polarity of themes and forms: one spiritual, the other earthly. Michelangelo religious spiritual war Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole and entire man. Michelangelo jealous men art I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ. Michelangelo soul giving jesus The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. Michelangelo hope success happiness Lord, make me see thy glory in every place. Michelangelo glory lord travel It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary for the painter to be very moral in his mode of life, or even, if such were possible, a saint, so that the Holy Spirit may inspire his intellect. Michelangelo wise inspire thinking Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. I live meanly and don't bother about life or honor ... and I live with the greatest toil and a thousand worries. It is now about 15 years since I had a happy hour. Michelangelo honor worry years With few words I shall make thee understand my soul. Michelangelo few-words inspiration soul There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free. Michelangelo angel attention Genius is eternal patience. Michelangelo patience positive art The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. Michelangelo form artist inspirational He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture. Michelangelo principles doe beauty I am still learning. (at age 87) Michelangelo stills age No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death. Michelangelo inspiration bears doe