Quotes by : Michelangelo

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age,....

I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled 'til I set him free.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.

I live and love in God's peculiar light.

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

Faith in oneself ... is the best and safest course.

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

The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand....