Quotes from Michelangelo
I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled 'til I set him free.
— Michelangelo
20. "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
— Michelangelo
AS YOU GIVE OUT SO SHALL YOU RECEIVE.
— Michelangelo
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
— Michelangelo
So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.
— Michelangelo
And still I am learning.
— Michelangelo
Read the heart and not the letter for the pen cannot draw near the good intent.
— Michelangelo
The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.
— Michelangelo
Your greatness is measured by your horizons.
— Michelangelo
What do you despise? By this you are truly known.
— Michelangelo
The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
— Michelangelo
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
— Michelangelo