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If people knew how hard I have had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all.
By Michelangelo
You only give me what you have left over, and you want things from me that I do not have.
By Michelangelo
You conquer every hardness with your eyes, as you do likewise every light; so if it can happen that one can die of joy, now would be the time.
By Michelangelo
The idea is there, locked inside, and all you have to do is remove the excess stone.
By Michelangelo
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.
By 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.
By Michelangelo
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
By Michelangelo
I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin's; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.
By Michelangelo
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend
By Michelangelo
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
By Michelangelo