Michelangelo Buonarroti

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“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.”

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

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“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 Buonarroti (1475-1564)

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

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

genius eternal patience

“Genius is eternal patience.”

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

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“Ancora Imparo

(Yet I am learning)”

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

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

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

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“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 Buonarroti (1475-1564)

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

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

still learning

“I am still learning.”

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)

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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 Buonarroti (1475-1564)

fools judge work

“Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?”

― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)