Famous Quotes by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Below are famous quotes by Michelangelo Buonarroti - Italian architect, painter, & sculptor (1475 - 1564).

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

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

Trifles go to make perfection,
And perfection is no trifle.

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