Michelangelo’s Most Inspirational Quotes
A collection of beautiful and Inspirational Quotes by Michelangelo, this article we look at Michelangelo’s most inspiring quotes. Quotes often give context; they can mean different things to different people, here you will find some of the best quotes by Michelangelo.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Michelangelo

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Michelangelo

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

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

Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.
Michelangelo

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Michelangelo

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Michelangelo

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Michelangelo

Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
Michelangelo

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.
Michelangelo

Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.
Michelangelo

No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
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.
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.
Michelangelo

I sometimes set myself thinking and imagining that I find amongst men but one single art or science, and that is drawing or painting, all others being members proceeding therefrom.
Michelangelo

Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.
Michelangelo

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
Michelangelo

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.
Michelangelo

No great work of art is ever finished.
Michelangelo

The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.
Michelangelo

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.
Michelangelo

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
Michelangelo

Critique by creating.
Michelangelo

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.
Michelangelo

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