180 Quotes by Michelangelo

If we have been pleased with life ,we should not be displeased with death since it comes from the hand of the same master.

I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.

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

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.

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

Only God creates. The rest of us just copy.

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

Critique by creating.

I live and love in God's peculiar light.