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Michelangelo Buonarroti was a renowned Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet during the Renaissance. He is celebrated for his exceptional artistic achievements and profound influence on the world.

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Famous Michelangelo Quotes

“When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said, "It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn't look like David.”

Looks Made Said Easy Stones Chips Statues

Author:Michelangelo

“The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble spell is all the hand that serves the brain can do.”

Shows Hands Artist Can Do Brain Break Stones Rough Spells Shells Marble Superfluous

Book:The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti: Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence

Source: The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti: Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence

“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”

Art Inspiration Practice Stones Tasks Block Sculpture Statues Sculptors

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“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.”

Hands Artist Break Figures Stones Transformation Spells Shells Sculpture Marble Sculptors Sculpting Best Artist

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“Dear to me is sleep: still more, being made of stone, While pain and guilt still linger here below, Blindness and numbness--these please me alone; Then do not wake me, keep your voices low.”

Made Stills Inspiration Pain Voice Sleep Please Lows Stones Guilt Dear Blindness Me Alone Numbness Please Me

Book:Sonnets of Michelangelo

Source: Sonnets of Michelangelo

“As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.”

Inspiration Grows Mines Cold Waste Stones Sculpture Statues Marble Mould

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“The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.”

Ideas Stones Remove Excess Locked

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“Can't you see the angel imprisoned in the block of stone trying to get out? I am trying to free him”

Trying Angel Stones Block Ministry

Author:Michelangelo

About the Author

Born: March 6, 1475
Died: February 18, 1564
Known for: Sculptor
Quotes: 149

Books & Sources

I, MichelangeloRelated source material

The Complete Poems of MichelangeloRelated source material

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti: Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at FlorenceRelated source material

The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso CampanellaRelated source material

Essential MichelangeloRelated source material

Four dialogues on paintingRelated source material

Michelangelo drawings: closer to the masterRelated source material

Michelangelo: A Record of His Life as Told in His Own Letters and PapersRelated source material

Michelangelo: Sculptor and PainterRelated source material

Michelangelo: drawingsRelated source material

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