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"I live and love in God's peculiar light."
13+ Quotes by Michelangelo
A curated collection of 13 inspirational quotes by Michelangelo on life, wisdom, and the human experience.
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"Genius is eternal patience."
— Michelangelo
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"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
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"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."
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"I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."
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"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."
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"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
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"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."
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"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."
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"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."
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"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."
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"Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him."
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"If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes."