Michelangelo Quotes

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

Faith in oneself... is the best and safest course.

I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled until I set him free.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Trifles make perfection - and perfection is no trifle.

Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.

I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled 'til I set him free.

Genius is eternal patience.

When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said "It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn't look like David."

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

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

Faith in oneself ... is the best and safest course.