Quotes by : 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....

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

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

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

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

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

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

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

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

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