Michelangelo Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

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

Only God creates. The rest of us just copy.

No great work of art is ever finished.

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

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

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

Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.

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

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.

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

Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.

I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.

Gazing at beautiful things acts on my soul.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Genius is eternal patience.

With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.

If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius.

I am always learning.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

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

Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!

Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole man.

Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle

Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?

Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?

An artist must have his measuring tools not in the hand, but in the eye.

To touch is to give life.

Critique by creating.