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


Michelangelo

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The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
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Trifles go to make perfection,
And perfection is no trifle.
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
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I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
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The stone unhewn and cold
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The more the marble wastes
The more th...
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The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
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You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the specta...
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If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius.
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Patience is eternal genius
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Precious is sleep, better to be of stone,
while the oppression and the shame still last;
n...
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Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot.
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Ancora Imparo

(Yet I am learning)
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The greatest artist does not have any concept
Which a single piece of marble does not itself co...
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Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time.
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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O night, O sweetest time, though black of hue,
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