The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. -Michelangelo Wisdom
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him. -Michelangelo Age
Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come. -Michelangelo Beauty
If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes. -Michelangelo Beauty
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone. -Michelangelo Alone
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness. -Michelangelo Nature
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. -Michelangelo Imagination
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. -Michelangelo Art
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone. -Michelangelo Best
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. -Michelangelo Art
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. -Michelangelo God
