Quotes from Michelangelo
Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; A lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; And death was safety and great joy to find; But dying now, I shall not climb to Heaven.
- Michelangelo
Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
- Michelangelo
What do you despise? By this you are truly known.
- Michelangelo
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
- Michelangelo
I saw an angel in the block of marble and I just chiseled 'til I set him free.
- Michelangelo
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
- Michelangelo
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.
- Michelangelo
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
- Michelangelo
I am still learning.
- Michelangelo
Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
- Michelangelo
True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.
- Michelangelo
Souls will never ascend to Heaven until the sight of beauty lifts them there.
- Michelangelo