Michelangelo Quotes

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Michelangelo

Art, Perfection, Trifles

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

Time, Greater, Wasted

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

Known, Truly, Despise

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

Love, Nature, Felt

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

Best, Alone, Thought

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

Down, Easy, Stop

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

Pain, Born, Gentle

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

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

Divine, Male, Disdain

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

Alone, Live, Cannot

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

Eyes, Keep, Hand

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

Best, Alone, Within

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

Mind, Greatest, Single

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

Grows, Statue, Marbles

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Artist

Born: March 6, 1475

Died: March 18, 1564

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