Michelangelo

Quotes by Michelangelo

Featured quote“Genius is eternal patience.”Michelangelo

Quotes by Michelangelo

“Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.” Michelangelo

“From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.” Michelangelo

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

“Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.” Michelangelo

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

“The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.” Michelangelo

“The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.” Michelangelo

“The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.” Michelangelo

“It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.” Michelangelo