Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. -Michelangelo Buonarroti

 

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.


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This quote is just one of 13 total Michelangelo Buonarroti quotes in our collection. Michelangelo Buonarroti is known for saying 'Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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

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A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. -Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

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239

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

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In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it. -Michelangelo Buonarroti
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The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

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