Michelangelo Buonarroti
hard work mastery wonderful art
“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)
danger aim high low fail achieve mark
“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)
work much genius
“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)
ancora imparo learning
“Ancora Imparo
(Yet I am learning)”
― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
angel marble carve free
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
― Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
compass eyes hands execute judge
“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)
paint brain hand
“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)
block stone sculpture inside sculptor discover
“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)