Michelangelo Buonarroti Quotes on Creation

4 quotes

  1. As when, O lady mine! With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould. The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.

  2. I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

    #10 Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

  3. Criticize by creating

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

    #15 Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

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