Michelangelo Quotes

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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

Inspirational, Life, Positive

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

Michelangelo

Life, Art, Creativity

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Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

Michelangelo

Inspirational Life, Lying, Passion

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I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

Michelangelo

Mind, Vision

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Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.

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Perfection, Mastery, Made

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Only God creates. The rest of us just copy.

Michelangelo

Copying, Copies

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To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

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Way, Love Each Other, Best Way

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In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.

Michelangelo

Art, Attitude, Wall

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The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.

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Ideas, Excess, Stones

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No great work of art is ever finished.

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Art, Great Work, Finished

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If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

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Inspirational, Inspiring, Art

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Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

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Greatness, Horizon

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Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

Michelangelo

Christianity, Abandon

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Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.

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Entrepreneur, Target, Might

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Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.

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Art, Perfection, Shadow

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Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

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Art, Famous Inspirational, Glory

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

Michelangelo

Artist, Hands, Remembrance

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

Michelangelo

Art, Block, Inspiration

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As you give out, so shall you receive.

Michelangelo

Inspiration, Giving

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I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.

Michelangelo

Giving, Mediocre, Ifs

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He who follows another will never overtake him

Michelangelo

Inspirational

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There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

Michelangelo

Artist, Wasted Time, Harm

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Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?

Michelangelo

Inspiration, Judging, Fool

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Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.

Michelangelo

Beautiful, Soul, Gazing

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

Michelangelo

Art, Pain, Inspiration

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1913). “Michelangelo: A Record of His Life as Told in His Own Letters and Papers”

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Born: March 6, 1475
Died: February 18, 1564
Occupation: Sculptor
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