Italian - Artist | March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Michelangelo
InspirationalAccomplishI CanDesire
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
TimeGreaterWastedHarmThan
Genius is eternal patience.
PatienceGeniusEternal
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.
AloneBestFreeThoughtArtistHand
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
LoveLiveGodFaithLightPeculiar
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
FaithBestOneselfCourseSafest
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.
WorkLoveGodAgeHopeOld Age
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
ArtThoughtArtistMarbleHoldForm
Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.
BeautyPerceptionMoreAnythingHere
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
ArtPerfectionMakeTrifleTrifles
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
GoodPaintingLooksSculptureKind
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.
MindArtistWhiteHandImageWithin
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