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Michelangelo
Every beauty which...
Every beauty which is seen here below by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source...
A beautiful thing...
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
The true work...
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Source: In The...
Trifles make perfection,...
Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.
Source: Attributed.
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Lord, grant that...
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Source: In The...
I have never...
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
Source: In
The promises of...
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something...
I saw the...
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Source:
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If people only...
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at...
Genius is eternal...
Genius is eternal patience.
Source: In The Book of Success, ed. Richard Shea,...
My soul can...
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
A man paints...
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Source: In
What spirit is...
What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and...
Beauty is the...
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.
Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...
If we have...
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same...