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Painting is not my art.

— Michelangelo Buonarroti

More from Michelangelo Buonarroti

  1. Criticize by creating
  2. The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
  3. 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…
  4. What do you despise? By this you are truly known.
  5. What good I have comes from the pure air of your native Arezzo, and also because I sucked in chisels and hammers with my nurse's milk.
  6. I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
  7. I live and love in God's peculiar light.
  8. Caro m' e 'l sonno, e piu l'esser di sasso, Mentre che 'l danno e la vergogna dura: Non veder, non sentir, m' e gran ventura; Pero non mi d…

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Topics in this quote

  • art
  • work
  • identity
  • medium
  • painter
  • role

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