“The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.” MereDivorceTerrified Author:Annette Funicello
“What one has most to work and struggle for in painting is to do the work with a great amount of labour and sweat in such a way that it may afterward appear, however much it was laboured upon, to have been done almost quickly and almost without any labour, and very easily, although it was not.” WayMayHas BeensDoneStrugglePaintingAmountDeceptionLabourSweat Author:Michelangelo
“My beard towards heaven, I feel my nape support / The back of my head, I grow the breast of a harpy / And my brush as it drips continually / Upon my face, makes it a gorgeous floor.” FeelsFacesHeavenGrowsSupportDifficultyBreastsBrushesGorgeousBeardHarpies Author:Michelangelo
“It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen.” EyeDesireInterestAttentionPaintingSensesMortalsVarietyRelaxationDecorationMonstrosity Author:Michelangelo
“How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at... color than at the figures which show spirit and movement.” WorldLooksShowsSpiritFiguresMovementColorSimpletons Author:Michelangelo
“Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of.” MayMeanPowerPoetDarePainter Author:Michelangelo
“The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection is striving for something devine.” MindSoulPerfectPerfectionStriveStrifeEndeavour Author:Michelangelo