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38 Mind-Blowing Quotes By Michelangelo For The Carver In You

Famous As: Regarded as the Most Accomplished Artist of His Era (High Renaissance)
Born On: 1475
Died On: 1564
Born In: Caprese Michelangelo, Italy
Founder / Co Founder: Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
Died At Age: 88
Michelangelo was a celebrated Italian architect, sculptor, poet of High Renaissance and painter. Born in the Republic of Florence, Michelangelo did his utmost to leave an unequalled impact on the Western art. He is considered as one of the greatest artists of all time. He was never inclined towards schooling and concentrated more on painting. His best-known works include ‘The Pieta’ and ‘David’. He is also considered as a contender for the title of ‘The Archetypal Renaissance Man’ due to his versatility in his chosen field. Here is a compilation of thoughts, quotes and sayings by Michelangelo which have been curated from his works and life. We bring to you the famous quotes and sayings by Michelangelo which he expressed through his paintings, sculptures and works.
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I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

Michelangelo
I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.

I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.

Michelangelo
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

Michelangelo
Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

Michelangelo
Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.

Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.

Michelangelo
Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.

Michelangelo
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Michelangelo
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Michelangelo
From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.

From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.

Michelangelo
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

Michelangelo
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.

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
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

Michelangelo
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.

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
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

Michelangelo
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Michelangelo
The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.

The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.

Michelangelo
What do you despise? By this you are truly known.

What do you despise? By this you are truly known.

Michelangelo
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.

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
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

Michelangelo
What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?

Michelangelo
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Michelangelo
I live and love in God's peculiar light.

I live and love in God's peculiar light.

Michelangelo
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

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
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Michelangelo
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

Michelangelo
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.

Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.

Michelangelo
Genius is eternal patience.

Genius is eternal patience.

Michelangelo
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

Michelangelo
I am still learning.

I am still learning.

Michelangelo
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Michelangelo