Quotes

“I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.” Michelangelo

“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

“I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.” Michelangelo

“The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.” Michelangelo

“Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.” Michelangelo

“Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.” Michelangelo

“What do you despise? By this you are truly known.” Michelangelo

“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

“I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.” 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

“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham Maslow

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” Abraham Maslow

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.” Abraham Maslow

“One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.” Abraham Maslow

“The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.” Abraham Maslow

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.” Abraham Maslow

“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” Abraham Maslow

“What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.” Abraham Maslow

“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” Abraham Maslow

“But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.” Abraham Maslow

“Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.” Abraham Maslow

“I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.” Abraham Maslow