Quotes by Michelangelo Buonarroti

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The creation outlives the creator... He will perish, taken by nature's claws, But his work that he proposes to us Remains in our hearts forever. I, the humbled soul, nestled in loving hearts. So I am not dust, And death is not for me.

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Any work is worth its price if it also includes an idea.

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My children will be my works.

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Art is jealous: it wants man to give himself entirely to it.

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When I see a talented or clever man, who is very skilled at something or more eloquent than others, I cannot help but fall in love with him and merge with him completely, so that I no longer belong to myself.

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I don't know which is better: a useful evil or a harmful good.

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I thank God that I always want more than I can get.

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He who follows others can never get in front of them, he who cannot create good things himself, cannot make good use of others.

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I saw the angel in the block of marble and carved it until I freed it.

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Sleep is good; it's better to be a lame idol, not to see the mindless age of filth and decay and lie like that, silent marble - don't touch me. Go on quietly.

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He who fights against insignificant people can win nothing.

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Chisel and brush no longer calm me; I wish for one thing: heavenly love, which opens its arms to us on the cross.

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Drawing is the soul and source of all kinds of representation, and the root of all science. To those who have achieved such results that they can draw, I say that they have come into possession of the most valuable treasure.

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And because a heart, cut in half, can barely live, I gave my whole heart to you; I stay like this, as you know, more and more stunted.

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I am no more worth without you than the moon, which reflects only the light of the setting sun on its nightly journeys in the sky.

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If the hope that your goodness has given me, and the great wish do not deceive me in my heart, let the wall between the two of us come down quickly, because the hidden troubles hurt twice as much.

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In most cases, the promises of the world are only illusions; the best and safest thing is to believe in yourself and be aware of your own values.

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Let me feel the air of eternity now that my time is up! I entrust myself to you, Lord, don't let me be lost in eternity!

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No one can gain inner discipline until they have experienced the extremes of art and life.

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In you, woman, beautiful and proud idol, lie all the pains and desires of my heart, but my art is weak to carve out the statue of happiness as I wish.