Michelangelo Quotes

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities
Michelangelo quote

Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole and entire man
Michelangelo quote

Death and love are the two wings which bear man from earth to heaven
Michelangelo quote

I saw the angel in the marble and I just chiselled until I set him free
Michelangelo quote

The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows
Michelangelo quote

If life be a pleasure, yet, since death also is sent by the hand of the same Master, neither should that displease us
Michelangelo quote

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Michelangelo quote

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection
Michelangelo quote

Biography

Italian artist, 1475 - 1564